--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Trump Kim Jong Un Nuclear Tweet description: The late night host called out both President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for their incendiary nuclear tweets to each other. canonical: https://time.com/5085670/kimmel-trump-un-nuclear/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-03T15:39:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:23.507Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Took Trump to Task for His Nuclear Button Hint og:description: The late night host compared Trump to Kim Jong Un, calling them both "maniacs" og:url: https://time.com/5085670/kimmel-trump-un-nuclear/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Took Trump to Task for His Nuclear Button Hint twitter:description: The late night host compared Trump to Kim Jong Un, calling them both "maniacs" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel Took Trump to Task for His 'Bigger' Nuclear Button Warning ## Video: Donald Trump on Nuclear Weapons [Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump on Nuclear Weapons](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1PwxZnjP.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2017-08-24. Donald Trump on Nuclear Weapons_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 3, 2018 3:39 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 3, 2018 3:39 PM UTC President Trump began 2018 with plenty of fodder for late night television hosts, tweeting about U.S. nuclear capabilities as a response to a taunt by North Korea’s [Kim Jong Un.](http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17279/kim-jong-un-rings-in-new-year-by-telling-world-he-has-nuclear-button-installed-on-desk) Jimmy Kimmel had no problem taking Trump to task. “Happy New Year everybody! We have two maniacs with nuclear warheads tweeting about who has the bigger button,” Kimmel joked in response [to Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s address](http://time.com/5083086/north-korea-kim-jong-un-new-year-address/), reading out the warning from the President. In the tweet, Trump says that his “Nuclear Button” is “bigger” and “more powerful” than that of the North Korean leader, another in a series of [jabs at Kim](http://time.com/4953283/kim-jong-un-donald-trump-insults/) that have filled his year in the presidency and [stirred concerns](http://time.com/5053580/north-korea-nuclear-war-inevitable/) about international safety and [the prospect of war.](http://time.com/5083086/north-korea-kim-jong-un-new-year-address/) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948355557022420992) Of course, that tweet wasn’t the only thing that Trump shared; Kimmel noted that he posted no fewer than eight messages on his social media service of choice before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, including a claim for credit for a lack of commercial airline deaths in 2017, [which has been debunked](http://time.com/5084544/donald-trump-aviation-deaths-fact-check/). “It’s only Jan. 2\. 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