Jimmy Kimmel critiques Donald Trump’s reaction to Charlie Kirk tragedy

Jimmy Kimmel has openly mocked the way President Donald Trump addressed the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot last week in Utah.

During his show, Kimmel replayed footage of Trump being asked how he was coping with the loss.

Instead of expressing grief, Trump responded, “very good,” and then shifted to boasting about the start of construction on a new White House ballroom.

Kimmel quipped that Trump seemed to be in a bizarre “fourth stage of grief: construction,” adding, “This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.”

The late-night host also pointed out that Trump repeated the same tangent in a separate interview, again drifting into talk about the ballroom while mentioning Kirk’s death.

“There’s something wrong with him, there really is. Who thinks like that?” Kimmel remarked.

He went further, speculating whether Trump’s focus on the project might be a distraction tactic: “Is it possible that he’s doing it intentionally so we can be mad about that instead of the Epstein list?”

The segment quickly drew attention online, with many viewers agreeing with Kimmel’s assessment that Trump’s reaction to the tragedy was both unusual and unsettling.