The ceasefire in Gaza and the dramatic swap that returned the last living Israeli hostages while sending nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees home is a major diplomatic breakthrough that was orchestrated in part by President Trump during a summit in Egypt — a fact that should be acknowledged straight and plain by every American who cares about peace and the lives of hostages. This deal didn’t happen by accident; it was the result of high-stakes negotiations and American leadership stepping up when it mattered most. The press can try to paper over the facts, but two years of families waiting for their loved ones ended because someone put real pressure on the table.
So when Jimmy Kimmel — who has spent years pillorying conservative America and President Trump from his late-night perch — actually nodded toward “good work” by Trump in his monologue, you’d expect humility or at least some grace. Instead, as conservative voices like Dave Rubin promptly highlighted by sharing a direct-message clip of Kimmel’s studio audience visibly upset, the moment revealed something ugly: the elite’s reflexive contempt for results that don’t fit their script. Americans who live in the real world saw what the lefty late-night echo chamber refused to: results matter more than grudges.
Don’t forget context: Kimmel isn’t a neutral observer — he was recently suspended after a scandalous monologue about Charlie Kirk and has long used his platform to smear conservatives, so this sudden, grudging compliment rings hollow and proves the point that our cultural gatekeepers are partisan actors, not serious journalists. Their anger at a president who brings hostages home exposes the moral bankruptcy of a media culture that values performative outrage over human life. If you’ve watched this industry for a minute, you know they cheer when politics serves their narrative and attack when it serves the country.
This is exactly why clips like Rubin’s matter: they pull the curtain back and show an audience that applauds virtue-signaling but balks when confronted with real, complicated success from people they despise. Kimmel’s online reach is massive — millions watch these monologues go viral — which means the late-night industry still shapes narratives even as it reveals its bias and fragility. The people who make a living mocking Middle America need to be reminded that the rest of us are judging results, not Manhattan-approved talking points.
Hardworking Americans should be proud that pressure, negotiation, and unapologetic American leadership helped end a terrible chapter and get families reunited, and we should be skeptical of any commentator who tries to gaslight that achievement for partisan gain. Demand accountability from entertainers who act like moral arbiters while applauding only when their team scores; demand recognition for outcomes that save lives regardless of which side of the aisle brokered them. In the fight for truth and common sense, patriotic Americans will always stand with results over rhetoric, and we won’t allow Hollywood elites to rewrite what the rest of us see with our own eyes.
