Jimmy Kimmel Predicts How Trump’s Two-Week Iran Deadline Will End
April 8, 2026
The Daily Beast
ABCJimmy Kimmel roasted President Donald Trump for chickening out of his ultimatum to Iran and predicted how his two-week extension on his deadly threat might ultimately end.Trump posted an ominous threat on Truth Social on Tuesday morning, warning he would wipe out the “whole civilization” of Iran by 8 p.m. ET. He promised to bomb the nation’s power plants if Iranian leaders didn’t agree to “fully open, without threat” the Strait of Hormuz.
At 6:32 p.m. ET, Trump announced a “double-sided ceasefire” that would last “two weeks.” The president said he had received a “10-point proposal from Iran” that provided a “workable basis on which to negotiate.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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