ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers were the only late night comedy shows to tape original episodes on Monday, and both used the occasion to prove that Friday’s meeting between President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani proved that the latter isn’t the scary monster that conservatives have portrayed him as. At the same time, the duo argued the meeting also proves that Trump normally works with people who could be considered “AI-generated human vomits” or “charmless goons.”
Kimmel was up first, and he saw hypocrisy in how some conservatives reacted to the meeting, “After weeks of painting Mamdani as the fourth horseman of the Trumpocalypse, they didn't know what to do with themselves. This is how upside-down this crop of MAGAteers is. They are mad at Trump, some of them furious with him because he was friendly with the new mayor of New York. Last week, he had a big, celebratory dinner for the Saudi prince whose goons dismembered a columnist for The Washington Post. No problem! This: too much.”
Claiming that Trump was smitten by Mamdani, Kimmel contrasted Mamdani with the people in Trump’s everyday orbit, “Mamdani shows up. He's this young, handsome, charismatic guy who came out of nowhere and won big in the most important city in the world. Trump's hometown, no less. He walks in. He smiles. He shakes Trump's hand. Trump looks over in the corner. He sees JD Vance all sweaty and eager. He sees Stephen Miller sucking on his pinkies. He looks around at all these weird, unattractive, AI-generated human vomits in his office. And he's like, ‘Why can't I have this Mamdani around?’”
Later on NBC, Meyers broke out his Trump voice to claim, “And you know what's cool about him is that he's cool, but he doesn't act like he's cool, you know? He's, like, nice to the jocks and the nerds.”
Like Kimmel, Meyers also hyped the idea that the meeting could normalize the radical Mamdani, “Seriously, though, like, what the [bleep] is happening? Either Zohran charmed Trump into embracing democratic socialism and undercutting every scare tactic the right has weaponized against him for the past six months, or the molly Trump took right before the meeting kicked in.”
After another Trump impression where he sounded more like a psychedelic-using hippy, Meyers claimed, “I've never seen Trump this smitten before. This is a reminder he doesn't work with a single cool person. He is surrounded by so many charmless goons that the first time he got to hang out with someone who had a little charisma, he swooned like he was on a date with the varsity quarterback.”
For Meyers, such a response could be understandable, “You'd have stars in your eyes too if you spent every day of your life with joyless gargoyles like Stephen Miller and JD Vance and then you met a 34-year-old social media star who rapped in a halal cart and once appeared in an actual Disney movie. I bet before they were on camera, Trump was fully running down his own administration to Mamdani.”
Once again, Meyers broke out the Trump voice, “"It's so nice to be with a fellow cool cat. You should see who I have to hang out with. You ever meet JD Vance? Piece of advice, try not to. And Stephen Miller, my god, I've started wearing Depends because every time he walks into a room I'm so scared I [bleep] myself. Hey, you want to go up on the roof? The roof is cool. We go up on the roof. It's so cool. You'll love it because you're cool."
The politeness of the Trump-Mamdani meeting aside, the latter is still a radical, and no amount of name-calling from the late night comedy shows can obscure that fact.
Here are transcripts for the November 24-taped shows:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
11/24/2025
11:40 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: After weeks of painting Mamdani as the fourth horseman of the Trumpocalypse, they didn't know what to do with themselves. This is how upside-down this crop of MAGAteers is. They are mad at Trump, some of them furious with him because he was friendly with the new mayor of New York. Last week, he had a big, celebratory dinner for the Saudi prince whose goons dismembered a columnist for The Washington Post. No problem! This: too much. I've got news for these guys. Anyone who was surprised that Trump got along with Mamdani should not be surprised. Trump loves when famous people come to visit. Mamdani is suddenly this big name. This big star, he calls the white house and asks for a meeting. Trump's like, "He wants a meeting? With me?"
Mamdani shows up. He's this young, handsome, charismatic guy who came out of nowhere and won big in the most important city in the world. Trump's hometown, no less. He walks in. He smiles. He shakes Trump's hand. Trump looks over in the corner. He sees JD Vance all sweaty and eager. He sees Stephen Miller sucking on his pinkies. He looks around at all these weird, unattractive, AI-generated human vomits in his office. And he's like, "Why can't I have this Mamdani around?” It's the classic opposites attract love story, and Hollywood is taking notice.
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NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
11/25/2025
12:45 AM ET
SETH MEYERS: [Trump voice] "And you know what's cool about him is that he's cool, but he doesn't act like he's cool, you know? He's, like, nice to the jocks and the nerds."
Seriously, though, like, what the [bleep] is happening? Either Zohran charmed Trump into embracing democratic socialism and undercutting every scare tactic the right has weaponized against him for the past six months, or the molly Trump took right before the meeting kicked in.
[Trump voice] "You know, I just love this guy because I love everyone. I love all of you, the press. I love life. It's like I've always said, 'love is the answer.' You know, I remember a unicorn came up to me, big unicorn. Star-shaped tears pouring from his sparkling magical eyes down onto the rainbow he was riding on and he said to me, he said, 'Mr. President, sir, love is love is love.' and I said, 'it's so true.'"
I've never seen Trump this smitten before. This is a reminder he doesn't work with a single cool person. He is surrounded by so many charmless goons that the first time he got to hang out with someone who had a little charisma, he swooned like he was on a date with the varsity quarterback.
You'd have stars in your eyes too if you spent every day of your life with joyless gargoyles like Stephen Miller and JD Vance and then you met a 34-year-old social media star who rapped in a halal cart and once appeared in an actual Disney movie. I bet before they were on camera, Trump was fully running down his own administration to Mamdani.
[Trump voice] "It's so nice to be with a fellow cool cat. You should see who I have to hang out with. You ever meet JD Vance? Piece of advice, try not to. And Stephen Miller, my god, I've started wearing Depends because every time he walks into a room I'm so scared I [bleep] myself. Hey, you want to go up on the roof? The roof is cool. We go up on the roof. It's so cool. You'll love it because you're cool."
