--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Uses Trump Footage for 2019 State of the Union description: Jimmy Kimmel used old footage of President Donald Trump to add some flavor to last night's State of the Union address. canonical: https://time.com/5522851/jimmy-kimmel-trump-state-of-the-union-address-2019/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-06T17:07:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:21:58.565Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Uses Trump Footage to Fix State of the Union og:description: And afake advertisement for a Cheeto KFC chicken sandwich og:url: https://time.com/5522851/jimmy-kimmel-trump-state-of-the-union-address-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt213ae4b7357c952d/698944a18fd2ee3ac235dbb0/jimmy-kimmel-trump-state-of-the-union-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 16 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Uses Trump Footage to Fix State of the Union twitter:description: And afake advertisement for a Cheeto KFC chicken sandwich twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt213ae4b7357c952d/698944a18fd2ee3ac235dbb0/jimmy-kimmel-trump-state-of-the-union-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Uses Old Footage of Trump to 'Fix' Trump's 2019 State of the Union > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump had a lot of ground to cover in his rescheduled State of the Union address Tuesday night._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 6, 2019 5:07 PM UTC President Donald Trump had a lot of ground to cover in his rescheduled State of the Union address Tuesday night.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 6, 2019 5:07 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5445964/jimmy-kimmel-lie-witness-news-elections-2018/) found plenty of fodder for his jokes on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ after watching the [2019 State of the Union address](http://time.com/5522293/state-union-trump-analysis/) that President Trump gave to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Kimmel first took Trump to task for his hour-and-a-half long speech, one of the lengthiest in history, which, Kimmel joked was “longer than his tie,” “longer than when he was married to Marla Maples,” and “so long, Robert Mueller handed down five more indictments.” Later, Kimmel put old found footage of Trump on WWE’s _Monday Night Raw_, [a show he owned briefly in 2009](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/donald-trump), to good use when discussing the introduction of the president and “his distinguished escorts.” Kimmel spliced Trump’s appearance walking into the wrestling show with two women with footage of him walking into the State of the Union address, along with a fake advertisement for a Cheeto KFC chicken sandwich. As might be expected, the result is both hilarious and slightly sobering. Watch the full clip below. ## Transcript [00:00] Millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now, [00:02] gathered in this great chamber, hoping [00:06] that we will govern not as two [00:11] parties, but as one nation. Lawmakers in New York [00:14] cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation [00:19] That would allow a baby to be ripped from the [00:23] mother's womb, moments from birth. These [00:27] are living, feeling, beautiful babies who will never get [00:31] the chance to share their love and their dreams with [00:34] the world. [ MUSIC ] [00:46] [ MUSIC ]. [00:57] In just over two years since the election. We have [01:01] launched an unprecedented economic boom. A [01:05] boom that has rarely been seen before. There's [01:10] been nothing like it. [01:17] [ MUSIC ] [01:23] [ MUSIC ] [01:29] Republicans and Democrats must join forces again to [01:33] confront an urgent national crisis. Congress [01:39] has 10 days left to pass a bill that will fund [01:44] our government, protect your homeland and secure [01:48] our very dangerous southern border. 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