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Jimmy Kimmel on Mike Johnson's new award for Trump: 'You can almost feel his spine exiting his body' | Late-night TV roundup

Johnson presented Trump with the RNC’s inaugural America First award, an event Kimmel mocked.

Jimmy Kimmel on Mike Johnson's new award for Trump: 'You can almost feel his spine exiting his body' | Late-night TV roundup
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This article1 analysis · Oct 8, 2026
Mar 27, 2026
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The Guardian recaps late-night hosts mocking the RNC’s new award for Donald Trump, presented by House Speaker Mike Johnson, and joking about Trump’s account of oil shipments from Iran. It also recounts Josh Johnson’s jokes about a newly reported diary entry by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Speaker of the House who presented the America First award to Trump

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President who received the award and whose statements about oil from Iran were mocked

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Health and Human Services secretary discussed in connection with a newly reported diary entry

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Mike Johnson Presents America First Award to Donald Trump

Outlets agree that Mike Johnson created an annual America First Award and presented its first to Donald Trump at a Republican fundraiser. Left-leaning outlets ridicule the award and frame it as Republican deference to Trump. Center outlets emphasize criticism of the gesture, including critics’ references to the government shutdown and federal employees waiting for paychecks.

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