On Tuesday it was revealed that the Secret Service snuck President Trump out of Turkey using an airport catering truck and a smaller military plane due to Iranian missile threats against the normal Air Force One. Later that night on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Anthony Anderson called the operation “dumb.”
Before that, however, Anderson played a montage of Trump clips where he claimed the U.S. is “the hottest country in the world.” Anderson reacted by quipping, “Well, all I have to see is wait till he gets to hell.”
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Anderson then switched to the escape from Turkey, “Just when you think you've heard every dumb thing there is to know about this president, he always finds a way to surprise you.”
Before anyone could ask why protecting the president is dumb, Anderson continued with more insults, “Apparently, after the NATO summit last month, Trump hid inside a catering cart to sneak out of Turkey due to security threats. And let's give it up. Let's give it up to the Secret Service. Do you know how hard it is to sneak a pig out of Turkey?”
After an ABC News clip of the catering truck being caught on video, Anderson got in Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s seemingly mandatory Epstein reference, “That's the same way he used to get onto Epstein's plane. Now, I'm no security expert, but if I was trying to find Donald Trump, a catering truck is the first place I'd look. Next time, hide his ass in a bookmobile.”
Does Anderson believe that switching Trump to a different plane was something the Secret Service should have advertised? Does he believe that Trump should have remained on the original Air Force One? What exactly was dumb about the situation?
Here is a transcript for the August 11 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
8/11/2026
11:38 PM ET
ANTHONY ANDERSON: Well, all I have to see is wait till he gets to hell. Just when you think you've heard every dumb thing there is to know about this president, he always finds a way to surprise you.
Apparently, after the NATO summit last month, Trump hid inside a catering cart to sneak out of Turkey due to security threats. And let's give it up. Let's give it up to the Secret Service. Do you know how hard it is to sneak a pig out of Turkey?
They even caught the presidential switcheroo on video.
KAREN HUA: According to The Washington Post Trump boarded the older Air Force One, waving from the stairs, and then slipped out a door on the other side of the plane, into an airport catering truck, which then drove him to a smaller military jet.
ANDERSON: That's the same way he used to get onto Epstein's plane. Now, I'm no security expert, but if I was trying to find Donald Trump, a catering truck is the first place I'd look. Next time, hide his ass in a bookmobile.
