Trump says Kimmel was fired because of his ‘bad ratings’
Speaking to reporters alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, US President Donald Trump was asked about the decision by US broadcaster ABC to take late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air indefinitely following his comments about Charlie Kirk.
Trump said, “Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person”, adding he “was fired because he had bad ratings more than anything else, and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk”.
Trump also said the right-wing commentator, who was shot dead at a Utah university event last week, had “a good shot someday at being president”.
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