Trump's late-night 'kill list' revealed

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00:00Trump's late-night kill list revealed.

00:03President Donald Trump has drawn up what's been called a kill list

00:06of liberal late-night comedians he wants driven off the air.

00:10News.com can confirm.

00:12The Commander-in-Chief, 79, issued the list to key broadcast contacts

00:16just hours after Jimmy Kimmel Live was abruptly suspended by ABC

00:20after the host delivered jokes about Trump and his supporters

00:23in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

00:26The network announced it was putting the 57-year-old's show on ice indefinitely

00:32before bringing it back less than a week later.

00:35Trump is urging TV networks to fire his late-night critics.

00:39Within minutes of ABC pausing Kimmel, who told viewers,

00:43We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang

00:46desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk

00:49as anything other than one of them.

00:51Trump celebrated on his Truth Social platform,

00:53claiming the comic's removal was great news for America.

00:57The president also urged rival networks to fire other critics,

01:01including Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Stephen Colbert.

01:05Trump has privately circulated a list of names,

01:07Fallon, Colbert, Meyers, Trevor Noah, and of course, Kimmel.

01:12He wants them all gone, a Republican media strategist

01:15with direct knowledge of Trump's plan said.

01:17The instruction to his allies is to lean on the networks

01:20until every one of them is silenced.

01:22Trump's celebratory online post about Kimmel's axing

01:26left little doubt about his intentions.

01:28Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage

01:31to do what had to be done, he jeered.

01:34Kimmel has zero talent,

01:36and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible.

01:39That leaves Jimmy and Seth two total losers

01:41on Fake News NBC.

01:44Do it, NBC.

01:45According to a senior executive at a major network,

01:48the president's fury against liberals such as Kimmel

01:50goes far beyond social media rants.

01:53He is making calls, the executive said.

01:56There's a pressure campaign to push these shows off the air.

01:59Trump doesn't just want Kimmel sidelined,

02:01he's demanding a full clear-out of the late-night field.

02:05FCC chair.

02:06Brendan Carr publicly defended ABC's move,

02:09saying Kimmel was suffering the consequences.

02:12Industry insiders claim Carr has faced

02:14relentless pressure from Trump to tighten scrutiny

02:17of networks that employ satirical hosts.

02:20Colbert's show is already set to end after this season,

02:23with critics suggesting Trump's fury

02:25influenced CBS's decision.

02:28Trevor Noah left The Daily Show in 2022,

02:30but aides say Trump still fumes over his legacy.

02:33He sees late night as the last megaphone

02:36of the liberal elite, one advisor said.

02:38And he won't rest until every one of them is gone.

02:41Sorry.

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