--- description: "Hey @realDonaldTrump u up?" title: Oscars 2017: Jimmy Kimmel Tweeted at Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c3e27c1346e6bc1/6988bc0a8e06013a6e4695a3/kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jimmy Kimmel Tweet at Donald Trump During the Oscars by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 27, 2017 4:08 AM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 27, 2017 4:08 AM CUT President Trump has a reputation for [tweeting](http://time.com/4640637/donald-trump-tweets-inauguration/ "undefined") about entertainment events and firing back at his critics. Yet during the 2017 Oscars on Sunday night, his Twitter account remained silent. Host [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4683245/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-monologue/ "undefined") decided to make the first move late in the award show, putting his cell phone screen up on a projector on the stage while he [tweeted](https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/836060793783267328 "undefined") at the president: “Hey @realDonaldTrump u up?” Within six minutes, the tweet had more than 200,000 likes. He followed the tweet up with [another](https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/836060875169542145 "undefined") referencing Donald Trump’s criticism of Meryl Streep, who has criticized the president and whom he has called [overrated](http://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/ "undefined"): “@realDonaldTrump #Merylsayshi.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4683401/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-tweeted-at-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4683401/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-tweeted-at-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Watch Jimmy Kimmel Tweet at Donald Trump During the Oscars","datePublished":"2017-02-27T04:08:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:52.623Z","description":"\"Hey @realDonaldTrump u up?\"","url":"https://time.com/4683401/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-tweeted-at-donald-trump/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c3e27c1346e6bc1/6988bc0a8e06013a6e4695a3/kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c3e27c1346e6bc1/6988bc0a8e06013a6e4695a3/kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"89th Annual Academy Awards - Show","caption":"89th Annual Academy Awards - Show","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4683401/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-tweeted-at-donald-trump/","name":"Watch Jimmy Kimmel Tweet at Donald Trump During the Oscars"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"Hey @realDonaldTrump u up?\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4683401/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-tweeted-at-donald-trump/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4683401/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-tweeted-at-donald-trump/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```