Kimmel on Trump’s White House flagpoles: ‘The kind of decision you make when you can’t get an erection’

theguardian.comPublished: 4/24/2025

Summary

Jimmy Kimmel humorously pokes fun at Donald Trump’s obsession with flagpoles, noting he’s been “scouting locations” for 100-foot tall ones around the White House—possibly to deter erections and clarify confusion about which country the White House belongs to. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has decided to step back from Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency to focus on Tesla, where his leadership has faced backlash. Kimmel highlights both situations with mockingly sharp observations, suggesting that Trump’s peculiar flagpole quest might be part of his quirky behavior, while Musk’s shift reflects a desire to return to the company he once called “f falling.”