US EditionTrump says ABC 'better' fire Kimmel 'soon' amid feud
Trump renews calls for Kimmel's firing over a Melania Trump joke, amid FCC license review critics call retaliation for comedian's remarks.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump renewed demands for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel, calling him "seriously unfunny" and citing the comedian's joke that First Lady Melania Trump had the "glow of an expectant widow."
- The Federal Communications Commission ordered Disney to apply for early renewal of its ABC station licenses by May 28, a regulatory move widely viewed as punishment for the Kimmel controversy and the comedian's remarks about the first lady.
- Addressing the backlash, Kimmel defended the "expectant widow" quip as a "light roast" about the couple's age difference, stating it was "not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination."
- Disney stated Tuesday that its ABC stations comply with regulations and will be defended through "appropriate legal channels," signaling the network intends to challenge the FCC order rather than discipline the host.
- This ongoing dispute echoes Kimmel's brief 2025 suspension following remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk, raising broader concerns among media advocates about government leverage over broadcast licensing and potential censorship of political speech.
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Trump Flat Out Threatens Disney In Effort To 86 Jimmy Kimmel
As if the FCC doing an early review of the licenses of eight Disney-owned stations wasn’t enough, and the First Lady demanding his ouster, Donald Trump has jumped in and directly threatened Disney, and what he wants is clear.PoliticusUSA is direct news and views that are always 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Subscribe nowTrump wants ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.On Thursday morning, Trump posted, “When is ABC Fa…
Trump Demands ABC Fire Jimmy Kimmel
(Washington, DC) – President Trump is once again calling for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night host made a joke involving First Lady Melania Trump. The president blasted Kimmel publicly, attacking both the comedian and the network that keeps him on the air. Trump’s supporters say Kimmel has spent years using his platform to mock conservatives while facing little accountability from ABC. Kimmel’s defenders argue the remark was politic…
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has again called on ABC on Thursday, to which he has referred as “Fake News Network,” the firing of comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who in recent days made a parody about the correspondent dinner in which he joked about the Trump marriage. “When is ABC Fake News Network going to fire that Jimmy Kimmel, who has no bit of grace and who incompetently runs one of the programs with the least audience on TV?” t…
Donald Trump urges ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel: ‘It better be soon’
Mr Trump made a further call for the presenter to be sacked in a post on Truth Social on Thursday. US President Donald Trump has urged ABC to fire the late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, saying: “It better be soon.” Mr Trump made a further call for the presenter of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to be sacked in a post on Truth Social after previously calling for the US network to “immediately” fire him on Monday. The comments come after the presenter jo…
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