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Jimmy Kimmel Hits Back at Trump’s Latest Late Night Threats With Vicious Cankles Joke

Kimmel mocked Trump’s claim that he had “taken out” Stephen Colbert and noted the president’s swollen ankle in a rebuttal on his show.

  • On Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel fired back at President Donald Trump after the president boasted he had "taken out" former Late Show host Stephen Colbert and warned "three more limping late night talk show hosts" remained.
  • Trump's Monday Truth Social posting spree celebrated primary victories, where he claimed a "38-0" score against critics and derided Stephen Colbert, whose show was canceled by CBS, as "REALLY DUMB."
  • Kimmel speculated Trump's ire stemmed from Jimmy Kimmel Live winning a Peabody Award over the weekend, thanking the president for "inspiring us to fight for our freedom of speech" while mocking his "troubled" Freedom 250 Concert.
  • The host also mocked the president's physical health, joking his swollen ankles looked like "a shoe on a balloon animal made out of sausage links" during his Tuesday monologue.
  • Fox host Laura Ingraham and contributor Raymond Arroyo criticized the Peabody Award win on The Ingraham Angle, illustrating ongoing tension between late-night television and conservative media figures.
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Jimmy Kimmel Hits Back at Trump’s Latest Late Night Threats With Vicious Cankles Joke

The host mocks the president's incessant social media posting.

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PoliticsJimmy Kimmel has responded to Donald Trump's recent attacks against late-night moderators with sharp ridicule. Especially a comment about Donald Trump's ankles is now causing vertebrality.

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