Kimmel: ‘We’re one Trump toilet tweet away from being the United States of Florida’

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel focused on rising tensions with North Korea during his opening monologue, half-joking that he is “very nervous” that the U.S. is “one Trump toilet tweet away from being the United States of Florida.”

“[President Trump’s] making threats about nuclear war,” said Kimmel on Tuesday night. “U.S. intelligence, by the way, assessed that North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that could potentially reach California, Oregon and Washington, three states that didn’t vote for, guess who, by the way.”

“It’s times like this I’m glad all our top scientists and engineers are working on Instagram filters. Because CNN keeps showing this map that is making me very nervous,” he continued. CNN on Tuesday unveiled a high-tech animated map on Tuesday that shows the range and accuracy of North Korean missiles that could be launched, along with potential U.S. cities that could be targeted.

“Basically, we’re one Trump toilet tweet away from being the United States of Florida.”

North Korea was front and center on all of the increasingly political late-night programs Tuesday night after a Washington Post report came out that said North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit onto a missile, bringing the nation another step closer to becoming a nuclear power.

Trump responded to the news by declaring North Korea would be met with “with fire, fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before” if it continues its threats.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated Wednesday that he doesn’t believe there is an “any imminent threat” from North Korea.

“Americans should sleep well at night,” Tillerson said during a visit to Guam.

Tillerson also said the president was sending a strong message to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un in language he can understand.

“What the president is doing is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong Un can understand, because he doesn’t seem to understand diplomatic language,” Tillerson said. “I think the president just wanted to be clear to the North Korean regime on the U.S. unquestionable ability to defend itself, will defend itself and its allies.”