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Topics: News, Donald Trump, US News, Jimmy Kimmel
Gerrard Kaonga
Topics: News, Donald Trump, US News, Jimmy Kimmel
In last night's episode of his show, Jimmy Kimmel addressed Trump lashing out at his return as well as the possibility of the president taking legal action against ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel took plenty of shots at Donald Trump in his second Jimmy Kimmel Live! show after briefly being suspended.
Kimmel’s show was paused following comments he made about Charlie Kirk and the response to the conservative commentator’s assassination.
When it was announced that Kimmel’s show had been suspended, many praised Disney and ABC for the move, however others argued it was an attack on free speech.
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Trump made it clear he was relishing in the suspension and commented as much on his Truth Social page.
However, when Kimmel’s show returned on September 23, less than a week after his suspension, Trump again made it clear how he was feeling.
Trump wrote: “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! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his ‘talent’ was never there.
“I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.”
Kimmel addressed this last night (24 September) and continued to ridicule Trump.
The comedian said: “There are still a lot of people who think I should be pulled off the air for making fun of Donald Trump.
“So, I want to explain. I talk about Trump more than anything because he's a bully. I don't like bullies.”
Kimmel even referenced portions of Trump’s frustrated post about the show returning and highlighted Trump’s implied suggestion of him taking legal action.
Trump’s comments about the $16 million dollars were seemingly in reference to the settlement he reached with ABC last year in a defamation lawsuit he filed against the network.
Kimmel added: “Only Donald Trump would try to prove he wasn't threatening ABC by threatening ABC.
“You almost have to feel sorry for the people who work for him who try to clean up the messes… They go to all these lengths to say, ‘Oh, it wasn't coercion. The president was just musing.’
“And then, the second Trump is alone, he sits on the toilet. He gets his grubby little thumbs on his phone. And he immediately blows their excuses to smithereens.”
He also addressed Trump’s repeated claims that Kimmel has been having struggling ratings and shared that Trump was himself proving less popular.
Kimmel pulled up a graphic of the president’s disapproval numbers and said: “He does know bad ratings, he has some of the worst ratings any president has ever had.”