--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Spoofs Trump on Robert Mueller description: "He’s running the White House by the exact same rules of The Apprentice," said Jimmy Kimmel about Donald Trump canonical: https://time.com/5120341/jimmy-kimmel-trump-mueller/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-26T16:01:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:22.250Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel to Trump: "You Can't Just Fire Every Guy" og:description: "He’s running the White House by the exact same rules of The Apprentice." og:url: https://time.com/5120341/jimmy-kimmel-trump-mueller/ 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 to Trump: "You Can't Just Fire Every Guy" twitter:description: "He’s running the White House by the exact same rules of The Apprentice." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel to Donald Trump 'You Can't Just Fire Every Guy Who Investigates You' ## Video: Legal Answers to Questions About Donald Trump and Robert Mueller [Watch (HLS stream): Legal Answers to Questions About Donald Trump and Robert Mueller](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/u2St1GOu.m3u8) (1:58)  _Published 2017-06-22. It's a deceptively simple question. Can Donald Trump fire Robert Mueller?_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 26, 2018 4:01 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 26, 2018 4:01 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel thinks [Donald Trump](http://time.com/5117121/donald-trump-impeachment-tom-steyer-interview/?xid=homepage) picked up a few too many leadership tips during his time on _The Apprentice_. On Thursday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the host told his audience about the _New York Times_ latest “[story](http://time.com/5119872/donald-trump-fire-robert-mueller/?iid=sr-link1)”, which was published minutes before Kimmel’s show aired. “They reported the president ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to [fire Robert Mueller](http://time.com/5119027/robert-mueller-trump-investigation/?iid=sr-link2), who of course is running the Russia investigation, but then backed off when McGahn threatened to quit if he did,” Kimmel said. “And still might be a disaster now that this information has been released. Because you can’t just fire every guy who investigates you,” Kimmel added. “I mean, essentially he’s running the White House by the exact same rules of _The Apprentice_. He’s like, ‘Nobody had a problem when I fired Meatloaf!’.” Kimmel thought that Trump would have learned his lesson about firing people, after what happened when he let go of FBI Director James Comey. “You know the last time Trump fired someone from the FBI it was Jim Comey, and it led to [Robert Mueller](http://time.com/5117627/donald-trump-robert-mueller-interview-looking-forward/?iid=sr-link3) getting hired,” Kimmel said. “If he fires Mueller, maybe they’ll put special investigator Hillary Clinton on the case. 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