'Happens when you don't play with your children': Kimmel roasts Trump's 'All the Cards' claim

President Donald Trump once again became the fodder for online ridicule after he posted an AI-generated image of himself holding several Uno cards. While the President's goal was to show that he had "all the cards" in negotiations with Iran, one of his prominent critics, Jimmy Kimmel, torched him, pointing out that the game is actually won by not having any cards.

The 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' host kicked off his Monday monologue by recapping the Truth Social posting spree of the President from last Friday. After going through the first post on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Kimmel got to the second post, which he called a warning to Iran. "It said, 'I have all the cards,' and [which shows him] holding a bunch of UNO cards… which is a game you win by having no cards," Kimmel said. "See what happens when you don't play with your children?" he quipped.

Kimmel wasn't the only one to call out the President on the flawed post, as Democratic Representative Ted Lieu posed some sharp questions after the White House shared a screenshot of Trump's post on X. "Dear @WhiteHouse: If Trump has all the cards, then why are gas prices at record levels?" Lieu scathed. He, too, then went on to point out the flaw, saying, "Oh, wait, in Uno you win by not having any cards. Your social media person really should get fired."

The image received a response from Tehran as well. Iran's consulate in the Indian city of Hyderabad shared its version of the AI-generated image in which an Iranian military spokesperson could be seen holding four Uno cards that typically result in a certain win, pointing out the glaring flaw in Trump's post. "Yes, we have fewer cards," the post read, as a joke.

The post came after Trump announced that the U.S. military will begin guiding ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz from Monday under what was dubbed 'Operation Freedom'. Iran has been effectively blocking all traffic of the key shipping lane through which 20% of the global crude oil supply flows. The move raised concerns of further escalation as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that ships deemed to be in breach of its rules in the Strait of Hormuz "will be stopped by force," insisting there has been no change in the management of traffic through the strategic waterway, Al Jazeera reported.

A day after the operation went live, Trump announced he was pausing 'Operation Freedom', in an effort to finalise a deal with Iran, as Washington had made "great progress" in the negotiations. In a social media post, Trump declared that the operation had been paused for a "short period" at the request of Pakistan, which is acting as the intermediary in the negotiations. President Trump claimed the U.S. had made progress toward reaching a "Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran."