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Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein Island joke at Grammys

Trump called Trevor Noah's Epstein joke false and defamatory and threatened legal action after the comedian linked him and Bill Clinton to Epstein at the Grammys.

  • On Feb. 2, President Donald Trump threatened legal action against Trevor Noah after a Grammys joke, posting a scathing message on Truth Social.
  • Following Billie Eilish's win, Noah joked that with Epstein's island gone, Trump 'needs a new one' to hang out with Bill Clinton, referencing the recent document release.
  • Trevor Noah, a six-time Grammys host, returned for his final outing this year after Grammys executive producer Ben Winston said he had to “beg” him to come back.
  • Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN Sunday that allegations were "very quickly determined to not be credible" and no verified evidence links presidents Trump or Clinton to Little Saint James Island.
  • Trump's sensitivity over the Epstein files has resurfaced repeatedly in recent months, with his name appearing frequently in the released Justice Department material, fueling public scrutiny and media attention.
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The US president is legendaryly thin-skinned and fast with the lawyer by the hand. Comedian Trevor Noah has to know that too. His tip over the Epstein files did not reach the White House well.

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US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue Trevor Noha, the Grammy host, for saying he was on Jeffrey Epstein’s island: “It seems I’m going to send my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dumb host,” he said on the social network Truth. During the gala, Noah said about Trump in one of his monologues that “since Epstein is not here, he needs a new island to meet Bill Clinton,” he said, referring to Greenland. Grammys, delivered to…

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US President Donald Trump said that he allegedly never visited the island of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who arranged sexual entertainment for the rich there.

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday, February 1, 2026.
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