Trump Celebrates End Of Jimmy Kimmel Show, Targets Other Hosts

President Donald Trump cheered ABC’s choice to tug Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night present, whereas taking intention at two different hosts on NBC.

“Nice Information for America: The rankings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Present is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for lastly having the braveness to do what needed to be accomplished,” Trump wrote in a Wednesday Fact Social publish. “Kimmel has ZERO expertise, and worse rankings than even Colbert, if that’s doable. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two whole losers, on Faux Information NBC. Their rankings are additionally horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.”

ABC’s choice adopted conservative outcry over feedback Kimmel made that Republicans have been seizing on the taking pictures dying of Charlie Kirk to attain political factors. It additionally got here within the wake of threats by Trump-aligned Federal Communications Fee Chair Brendan Carr, who urged ABC and Disney to take motion over Kimmel’s remarks and warned that the company may punish particular person TV stations as nicely.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately making an attempt to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something aside from considered one of them and doing the whole lot they will to attain political factors from it,” Kimmel mentioned on his present Monday night time. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”