New York.- Comedian Jimmy Kimmel offered his awards to U.S. President Donald Trump if he withdraws agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) from Minneapolis, after Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize medal as “gratitude” for his actions for the “freedom” of Venezuela.
“I have an offer that I think you’re going to find hard to refuse, but only if you agree to get ICE out of Minneapolis and return them to the barracks they belong in. I’m willing to offer you one of the trophies with which I have been honored over the years,” Kimmel assured during the initial monologue of his show on Thursday.
The comedian joked about the meeting between Machado and Trump and pointed out as something “unique” that a president “takes the Nobel Prize away from someone”.
“Look how happy he looks. Have you ever seen anyone happier than him winning this award? And he didn’t even win it,” Kimmel said, looking at the photo of the medal presentation. “He’ll have gone back to his horrible office sucking on it like a pacifier.”
The presenter stated that the Venezuelan woman had given the medal, which she won a few months ago, to Trump because he refused to support her as the new leader of Venezuela, but that upon offering him the award, the president agreed to receive it.
“The White House security registered it to make sure she was bringing the prize,” she pointed out.
The Offer to Trump
Kimmel asserted that giving an award to the Republican is “the only way to get him to do something” and therefore asked one of his assistants to bring him a display case with some of the awards he has won throughout his career.
He offered her the Daytime Emmy he won in 1999 for best game show host.
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«Maybe you prefer my Clio award for my work selling garbage to people? Or my Webby award, the most prestigious award that the Internet can give. Or my Writers Guild award, this one is good, you see it’s pretty», he continued.
“Or, better yet, I’m willing to give you my 2015 Soul Train award for white person of the year. You choose,” he promised.
The comedian assured that if he accepts, he himself would hand over any of the awards “or even all of them” in the Oval Office in exchange for “leaving the people of Minneapolis alone.”
A few months ago, the ABC network suddenly suspended the program ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after the host criticized the Trump Administration’s response to the assassination of ultra-conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The government threatened to revoke the chain’s licenses if they didn’t punish Kimmel, who returned to the air a week later after a wave of criticism and achieved the highest audience in ten years.
