President Donald Trump erupted on-line after Jimmy Kimmel delivered a pointed monologue on ABC that dragged the president into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and mocked his administration’s newest strikes.

The late-night host’s Tuesday section warned viewers of “Hurricane Epstein” and requested, “what did the president know and how old were these women when he knew it?”

That line alone was sufficient to ship Trump into a well-recognized spiral on Truth Social, the place he demanded Kimmel be yanked off the air.

“Why does ABC Fake News keep Jimmy Kimmel, a man with NO TALENT and VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS, on the air?” Trump posted. “Why do the TV Syndicates put up with it? Also, totally biased coverage. Get the bum off the air!!!”

Kimmel’s monologue additionally took swipes at Trump’s latest political theater, together with his signing ceremonies.

“Trump hasn’t been this nervous about signing something since Don Jr’s birth certificate,” he joked. The comic additionally needled Trump’s weird claims about magnets, paper straws and even renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

The most stinging jab could have come when Kimmel mocked a White House dinner that included Elon Musk, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Pete Hegseth, Stephen Miller and JD Vance.

He likened the group to a comic book ebook cabal, saying, “This group is so cartoonishly evil that we might actually need Austin Powers to defeat them.”

This isn’t the primary time President Trump has tried to get Kimmel off the air.

Earlier this yr, ABC briefly suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the host made controversial feedback about Charlie Kirk. Trump celebrated the transfer, calling it “Great News for America,” earlier than the community introduced the present again.

Their feud dates again to 2017, when Kimmel started frequently lampooning Trump’s presidency.

It intensified throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and escalated in 2018 when Trump reportedly urged Disney executives to rein in Kimmel’s commentary. Despite his repeated assaults, Kimmel’s viewers has solely grown. His return from suspension drew 6.3 million viewers and garnered 14 million YouTube views.

His persistent criticism of Trump’s insurance policies has made him a constant goal of the president’s ire.

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