--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:57:22.135Z 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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The guests for Thursday, January 31, included Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book"), Rita Moreno ("One Day At A Time") and musical guest Summer Walker. (Randy Holmes via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMEL JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! - "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for Thursday, January 31, included Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book"), Rita Moreno ("One Day At A Time") and musical guest Summer Walker. (Randy Holmes via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMEL Randy Holmes—ABC via Getty Images  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. 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