Jimmy Kimmel chokes back tears as he says Trump-Harris election marked ‘terrible night’ for everyone

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Jimmy Kimmel fought back tears during his opening monologue Wednesday night as he lamented that Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential victory marked a “terrible night” for nearly everyone in America — and beyond.

In his first show since Trump beat Kamala Harris in the race for the White House, Jimmy Kimmel live the host rattled off an extensive list of all the people and sections of society he believes are now suffering under a second Trump term.

“Let’s be honest, it was a terrible night last night,” said Kimmel, a longtime Democrat.

“It was a terrible night for women, for children, for hundreds of thousands of hard-working immigrants who make it go, um…” he paused, choking back tears, and paused.

“For health care, for our climate, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech,” Kimmel continued.

“It was a terrible night for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who depend on Social Security, for our allies in Ukraine…,” Kimmel added, tearing up again.

“For NATO,” he continued, regaining his composure. “For truth and democracy and decency, and it was a terrible night for everyone who voted against him.”

Kimmel also claimed it was a “disaster” even for Trump’s staunchest MAGA supporters.

“Guess what? It was a bad night for everyone who voted for him too – you just don’t realize it yet,” he added to applause from the studio audience.

“Most of all, it was an absolute disaster of a night for Melania (Trump, future first lady),” he joked.

However, there were some beneficiaries of Trump’s victory, Kimmel said, pointing to dictators, some of the world’s richest people and Trump’s incoming health chief Robert F Kennedy Jr.

“But it was a really good night for (Vladimir) Putin and polio and the lovable billionaires like Elon Musk and the brothers up in Silicon Valley and all the wriggling brainworms who sold what was left of their souls to bow to Donald Trump,” he said.

Kimmel’s analysis came as Trump won a historic second term in the White House in a shock political comeback four years after leaving office.

The Republican nominee crossed the 270 electoral college vote threshold early Wednesday after winning several key battleground states.

Republicans now face an election campaign in which the Senate returns to a GOP majority and Democrats trail in the House with several races yet to be called.