President Trump has threatened to sue ABC over Jimmy Kimmel’s sudden return to air — insisting the network should have let the embattled late-night host “rot” after his inflammatory Charlie Kirk comments.
Trump taunted the network with possible legal action just before a defiant Kimmel fronted his audience Tuesday night, nearly a week after his show was yanked.
“He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do,” Trump said on Truth Social.
“Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.”
Trump had slapped the network and ABC host George Stephanopoulos with a defamation lawsuit in early 2024. ABC News later agreed to a $15 million settlement.
Elsewhere, the president blasted the ABC’s decision to reinstate Kimmel — despite the lefty host sparking widespread outrage for claiming that Kirk’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, was likely affiliated with the MAGA movement.
Elsewhere, the president blasted ABC for reinstating Kimmel — despite his false and inflammatory comments about Kirk’s assassination.
“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!” Trump raged.
“Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his ‘talent’ was never there. Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE.”
Kimmel’s monologue was immediately ripped by critics after he only mentioned Kirk’s name once and failed to apologize for the remarks that got him yanked off the air in the first place.
The defiant host was accused of trying to make himself the victim and shedding “crocodile tears” as he claimed it was “never my intention to make light of a murder of a young man.”
“I don’t think there’s anything funny about it,” he told viewers. “Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what was obviously a deeply disturbed individual – that was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make.”
Instead, he used much of his opening remarks to go after Trump and defended political satire against the current administration “bullying.”
“Look at Jimmy ‘The Martyr’ Kimmel fake crying tonight. Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. DARVO playbook. This is what they do,” Kirk’s friend and fellow conservative activist Jack Posobiec raged on X.
“In typical leftist fashion, Jimmy makes the victim himself.”
“You used the phrase ‘MAGA gang’ & then lied about what happened. You definitely intended to make light of it and mislead the American people. Pathetic,” conservative pundit Scott Jennings wrote on X.
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