Trump steps up attacks on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, says network should ‘get the bum off the air’
November 20, 2025
ABC is in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs this week. He attacked the network’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel in a post-midnight social media post, saying ABC should “get the bum off the air.” It came about an hour after a blistering monologue on Kimmel’s show, beginning with nearly 10 minutes of jokes about Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kimmel was suspended by ABC, then reinstated, two months ago following remarks about assassinated GOP leader Charlie Kirk. Trump and his team has also directed their anger toward ABC News for reporter Mary Bruce’s questions at an Oval Office news conference. The White House said ABC News was a “Democrat spin operation.”