First-time Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel turned President Donald Trump into a comic foil in absentia at the Academy Awards on Sunday, poking fun at the political tumult roiling the United States and the world since the former reality TV star took office.
Aside from a string of running gags throughout the live telecast about Kimmel's faux feud with his long-time pal, actor Matt Damon, the 45th U.S. president proved to be Kimmel's favorite leitmotif.
In keeping with his signature deadpan, sardonic delivery, Kimmel's social commentary was pointed while restrained, and he wasted little time addressing the political furor that has loomed so
