The president of the United States appealed to his Truth Social platform to criticize the return and apparently insinuate a possible legal action against the ABC signal.
Donald Trump reacted to the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (September 23) saying that ABC He told the White House that the program had been canceled.
The president of the United States turned to its social Truth platform approximately one hour before the program returned to the chain after its suspension to criticize the measure and apparently insinuate a possible legal action.
“I can’t believe that ABC Fake News has returned the work to Jimmy Kimmel”wrote. “ABC informed the White House that his program had been canceled! Something happened between then and now because his audience has gone, and his ‘talent’ was never there.”
“Why would they want someone who makes it so bad, that it is not funny and that endangers the chain by representing 99% positive Democratic trash? It is another arm of the National Democratic Committee and, that I know, that would be an important illegal contribution to a campaign.”
Then he added, apparently referring to the agreement that the chain reached an agreement in his demand for the comments of the presenter of This Week, George Stephanopoulos, in 2024: “I think we are going to test ABC with this. Let’s see how. The last time I went after them, they gave me 16 million dollars. This seems even more lucrative. They are authentic losers! That Jimmy Kimmel rotting in his low audience rates. “
Donald Trump’s previous demand to ABC
In March 2024, Trump filed a demand for defamation in Florida against ABC News and Stephanopolous. That same December, they reached an extrajudicial agreement, paying 15 million dollars to the Trump Presidential Library as a beneficial contribution and 1 million dollars for their legal fees, in addition to offering a public apology to the president.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! He was suspended on September 17 after the comments that Kimmel made in relation to the murder of Charlie Kirk Two nights before, before the parent company of ABC, Disney, announced on September 22 that would return the next night.
Two conservative subsidiaries of ABC, Sinclair and Nexstar, said they would continue without issuing the program, and many of Trump’s allies and supporters reacted angry at the news of his return.
Source: Ambito
