BE.đ„ LATE-NIGHT SHOCKER: Jimmy Kimmel drops bombshell by revealing Donald Trump’s “1965 SAT scores” live on air â the entire room erupts in laughter! âĄ

It was one of the wildest nights in late-night television history â a perfect storm of comedy, politics, and chaos. Jimmy Kimmel, standing under the bright studio lights, turned one of D.o.n.a.l.d T.r.u.m.pâs loudest boasts into a historic televised roast that sent the Internet into meltdown.
What began as a typical monologue became a cultural earthquake when Kimmel pulled out what he claimed was âTrumpâs original 1965 SAT scorecard.â
The moment he unfolded the yellowed sheet of paper, the crowd went silent. Then came the line that will live forever in late-night legend.
âHe didnât fail,â Kimmel said, pausing for effect. âHe just didnât understand the questions.â
The studio erupted.
The Rant That Started It All
Just twenty-four hours earlier, at a campaign rally in Iowa, D.o.n.a.l.d T.r.u.m.p had launched into one of his signature tirades â this time mocking Harvard and its graduates.
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âYouâve got these Harvard guys,â he sneered, waving his hand dismissively. âThey think theyâre smart because theyâve got fancy degrees. Iâm smarter than all of them â naturally smart. I donât need a piece of paper to prove it.â
The comment ricocheted across social media, sparking memes, headlines, and even a trending hashtag: #NaturallyGenius.
Kimmel, who has long made T.r.u.m.p one of his favorite comedic targets, didnât waste a second. âWe were in the writersâ room watching that clip,â one of his producers later told reporters. âJimmy just looked up and said, âOkay, weâre doing this.ââ
The Setup
As Mondayâs taping began, the audience sensed something special. Kimmel walked onto the stage with a mischievous smile and a manila envelope labeled âCONFIDENTIAL.â
âNow, I wasnât going to bring this up,â he began, pacing slowly, âbut apparently someoneâs been bragging about how smart they are again.â
Laughter rippled through the crowd. He held up the envelope.
âLadies and gentlemen, I have here the original SAT scorecard of a certain former president, dated 1965. We managed to obtain it through â and Iâm quoting the envelope â âclassified Mar-a-Lago channels.ââ
The band played a mock spy theme as Kimmel carefully opened the envelope.
He pulled out a blank sheet with âDonald J. Trumpâ written across the top â and a column of zeros underneath.
âPerfect zeros!â Kimmel shouted. âA natural genius, folks. The only man to score infinity-minus-infinity.â
The room exploded with laughter.
The Viral Line Heard Around the World
As the laughter reached its peak, Kimmel delivered the dagger:
âEvery time he calls himself smart,â he said, âan actual genius somewhere quits their job.â
Even the house band collapsed in hysterics. Camera operators could be seen shaking. Audience members wiped tears from their eyes.
The clip was uploaded to YouTube within minutes â and within an hour, it had surpassed two million views. By midnight, #TrumpSAT was trending worldwide.
Celebrities jumped in:
- Mark Ruffalo:Â âComedy gold. Kimmel deserves a Pulitzer for this one.â
- Sarah Silverman:Â âSome heroes wear capes. Others read SAT cards.â
- George Takei:Â âOh my, zeros across the board!â
Twitter (now X) was ablaze. Threads dissected every second of the bit, from the fake documentâs font to Kimmelâs delivery.
Inside the Studio: The Moment Before
Behind the cameras, even Kimmelâs staff were stunned by how far he went. One staff writer described the tension backstage as âelectric.â
âWe knew it would hit,â she said, âbut we didnât know it would detonate.â
According to an ABC insider, Kimmel insisted on doing the segment live â no pre-taping, no edits, no safety net.
âIf youâre going to roast the guy who ran the country,â he reportedly told his team, âyou better do it in real time.â
And it worked.
The live audience was a mix of laughter, disbelief, and pure euphoria. When the credits rolled, fans rushed to post shaky phone clips online â spawning thousands of memes in minutes.
The Fallout at Mar-a-Lago

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in Palm Beach, the reaction was far less humorous.
According to sources close to Mar-a-Lago, T.r.u.m.p âblew a gasketâ upon seeing the viral clip.
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One insider described the scene bluntly:
âIt was the loudest meltdown since election night.â
He reportedly called aides into an emergency meeting, demanding that Kimmel be âarrested for fraudâ and accusing ABC of âspreading fake scores.â
On Truth Social, he posted â in all caps â
âFAKE DOCUMENTS! JIMMY KIMMEL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR ILLEGAL SCORES! EVERYONE KNOWS IâM A VERY STABLE GENIUS!!!â
The post was later deleted â but not before screenshots spread across the Internet.
Late-night writers had their material for the entire week.
America Reacts
By Tuesday morning, clips of Kimmelâs stunt had reached 45 million views across social platforms.
College students shared the video with the caption âHarvard Admissions, please respond.â Professors played it before class. Even news anchors couldnât resist referencing it during morning segments.
One CNN commentator remarked,
âWeâve reached the point where a comedian holding a fake SAT scorecard is more credible than most political speeches.â
Memes flooded Reddit: photoshopped versions of the scorecard showing âGenius: Pending,â âIQ: 404 Not Found,â and âEssay: All Caps.â
Kimmel Speaks Out
When asked the next day whether he feared retaliation, Kimmel laughed.
âIf I get audited, Iâll know I did something right,â he said on his podcast. âItâs satire, folks. Heâs been making fun of everyone for years â I just returned the favor with a little paperwork.â
He later clarified that the âscorecardâ was an obvious parody â a piece of blank paper from the prop department â but said the joke landed exactly as he hoped.
âThe point wasnât the paper,â Kimmel added. âIt was the idea that the loudest people about being âsmartâ are usually the ones who canât find their pencils.â
A Tradition of Presidential Roasts
For Kimmel, this was far from his first political sting. His past jabs at T.r.u.m.p â from mocking the âcovfefeâ tweet to roasting his spelling errors â have become staples of his monologues.
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But this one hit different.
âIt was classic Kimmel,â said media critic Dana Feldman. âSharp, theatrical, and timed perfectly. He didnât just tell a joke â he created a cultural moment.â
By nightâs end, journalists across outlets â from The Guardian to Rolling Stone â ran headlines like âKimmelâs Viral SAT Skit Becomes Late-Night Landmarkâ and âThe Roast Heard Around the World.â
The Uncut Monologue: Breaking Records

ABC confirmed that the full, uncut Kimmel segment became the most-watched clip on the networkâs YouTube channel in 2025, surpassing even his Oscars monologue.
Fans around the globe praised the host for using humor to deflate ego with elegance.
âWe needed that laugh,â one commenter wrote. âPolitics has been so heavy lately â this was the release.â
Even rival hosts joined in. Stephen Colbert opened his show by holding up his own fake SAT report labeled âTrump Study Group: 0 out of 10.â
What It Means
Kimmelâs gag wasnât just late-night fun â it reignited a national conversation about ego, intellect, and authenticity.
It reminded viewers that humor still has the power to cut through political noise.
âComedy is truth with a smile,â one fan posted. âAnd Kimmel just smiled the truth right into Trumpâs face.â
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Meanwhile, political strategists debated whether the stunt would affect voters. Some argued that T.r.u.m.pâs supporters would see it as another âHollywood attack.â Others believed it exposed just how deeply satire can shape public perception.
Epilogue: The Last Laugh
By Wednesday night, T.r.u.m.p had reportedly cooled off â but his team had issued a statement claiming that his âreal SAT scores were phenomenal.â
Kimmel, never missing a beat, responded during his next monologue:
âPhenomenal? Sure â phenomenally invisible. Just like his tax returns.â
The audience roared again.
And with that, the late-night legend sealed another entry in television history â a perfect cocktail of wit, showmanship, and audacity that reminded America why laughter still reigns as the sharpest form of truth.
As the camera faded to black, Kimmel winked and said:
âGoodnight, geniuses â all of you who actually understand the questions.â
WATCH THE VIRAL CLIP:
The full uncut monologue â now trending worldwide â continues to rack up millions of views across every platform, proving once again that when politics and comedy collide, thereâs only one guaranteed winner: laughter. đïž


