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.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/42153422

President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against ABC and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday, urging the network to “get the bum off the air” in a social media post sent shortly after the comic’s latest episode ended.

The president this week had also expressed anger at the network’s chief White House correspondent, Mary Bruce, for questions she asked in an Oval Office meeting, which his press staff followed with a 17-point memo listing grievances against ABC News.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
    46·
    1 day ago

    Kimmel’s show Wednesday night began with a blistering monologue about Trump, the first 10 minutes concentrated on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Congress’ vote this week to release more material from Epstein’s correspondence. He noted the country was carefully following the movements of “Hurricane Epstein.”

    Trump is very sensitive about this Epstein thing, isn’t he? He reacts just like a pedophile rapist accomplice of Epstein’s would.

  • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub
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    1 day ago

    In my experience, when a controversial and populist president wants to control the direction of his critics, they do outlandish and ridiculous statements/actions like this one.

    The idea is that critics focus on a stupid, irrelevant thing while they do more harmful things freely. It’s a distraction.

        • SilverCode@lemmy.ml
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          1 day ago

          He also has a highly specialized team giving him security briefings, but he prefers to feed off the teat of Fox News. I don’t think he really cares or wants people telling him what he should do. He wants to feel like a big brain and figure it out for himself.