President Donald Trump called on the ABC television network, or its owner Disney, to fire late night host Jimmy Kimmel over a Trump assassination insult aired last Thursday where Kimmel called First Lady Melania Trump an “expectant widow.”
In his fake White House correspondents speech @JimmyKimmelLive actually joked about Trump’s assassination — just before a real assassin showed up at the real dinner.
Hey @DisneyABCTV when the hell are you finally going to pull this vile person from the airwaves? pic.twitter.com/PG3iptGnZX
— Marc Thiessen (@marcthiessen) April 26, 2026
Two days later a would be assassin attacked the White House House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. with the intent of killing President Trump and Trump administration officials. Melania Trump was seated next to her husband when shots rang out in the distance.
First Lady Melania, President Donald Trump, WHCA President Weijia Jiang of CBS News and entertainer Oz Pearlman react to the sound of gunshots at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C., screen image via C-SPAN, April 25, 2026.
Kimmel, who has hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC since 2003, has had a long-standing feud with President Trump and conservatives. Kimmel was controversially suspended for a few days last September for his comments on the Charlie Kirk assassination.
President Trump’s call for ABC to fire Kimmel follows Melania Trump’s statement earlier Monday demanding the network to “take a stand” on Kimmel’s hateful rhetoric.
Wow, Jimmy Kimmel, who is in no way funny as attested to by his terrible Television Ratings, made a statement on his Show that is really shocking. He showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren’t, and never would be. He then stated, “Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
A day later a lunatic tried entering the ballroom of the White House Correspondents Dinner, loaded up with a shotgun, handgun, and many knives. He was there for a very obvious and sinister reason. I appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel’s despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale.
Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC.
Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Melania Trump’s statement on Kimmel:
Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.
A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.
Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.
Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to…
— First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) April 27, 2026
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who was seated next to Melania Trump and the President during the attack on Saturday, blasted Kimmel in comments at a press briefing Monday afternoon:
“Who in their right mind says a wife would be ‘glowing’ over the potential murder of her beloved husband? And having experienced what I did with the First Lady on Saturday night, I can tell you that she was ANYTHING but that. This kind of rhetoric about the president, the first lady, and his supporters is completely DERANGED, and it’s unbelievable that the American people are consuming it night after night after night”
KAROLINE LEAVITT is SMOKING Jimmy Kimmel from the White House after he called Melania Trump an “expectant widow”
ABC HAS to put an end to this BS.
“Who in their right mind says a wife would be ‘glowing’ over the potential murder of her beloved husband?!
“And having… pic.twitter.com/VKVtGUlE53
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 27, 2026
No response by ABC has been reported as of early Monday afternoon.
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