President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, over Twitter and reportedly without telling Tillerson first, Jimmy Kimmel noted on Tuesday's Kimmel Live. "Trump told reporters he made this decision 'by myself.' Right, like a 5-year-old — 'I did it all by myself.' Of course you did it by yourself: There's no one left at the White House anymore. It's just you and your Slovenian captive." The audience wasn't sure about that last joke.
Kimmel laughed at Trump saying he thinks Tillerson "will be much happier now." "Did he fire him or have him put to sleep?" he asked. "To recap, Hope Hicks is out, Gary Cohn is out, Rex Tillerson is out — on top of all that, yesterday they fired Trump's personal assistant, a guy named John McEntee. He's been with Trump for the last three years, he was his body man, and the reports say he was fired because he was under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes." The good news, Kimmel said, is that "even though he had to be removed from the White House, McEntee already has a new job — as senior adviser to Trump's re-election campaign. So hakuna matata, everyone."
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