Trump's late-night 'kill list' revealed

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

00:03Hours after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live,

00:07President Donald Trump, 79, drew up a kill list of liberal late-night hosts,

00:12News.com can confirm.

00:14The network announced it was putting the 57-year-old's show on ice indefinitely

00:19before bringing it back less than a week later.

00:22Within minutes of ABC pausing Kimmel, who told viewers,

00:25We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang

00:28desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk

00:31as anything other than one of them.

00:34Trump celebrated on his Truth social platform,

00:36claiming the comic's removal was

00:37The president also urged rival networks to fire other critics,

00:43including Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Stephen Colbert.

00:47He wants them all gone,

00:49a Republican media strategist with direct knowledge of Trump's plan said.

00:52The instruction to his allies is to lean on the networks

00:56until every one of them is silenced.

00:58Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,

01:03he jeered.

01:04Kimmel has zero talent and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible.

01:09Do it, NBC!

01:10He is making calls,

01:12the executive said.

01:14There's a pressure campaign to push these shows off the air.

01:17Trump doesn't just want Kimmel sidelined.

01:19He's demanding a full clear-out of the late-night field.

01:22Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission,

01:25publicly defended ABC's decision,

01:28saying Kimmel was

01:29suffering the consequences of his words.

01:32A communications industry insider claimed Carr has faced relentless pressure

01:36from Trump to tighten regulatory scrutiny of broadcasters

01:39who employ satirical hosts critical of his administration.

01:43Welcome to Consequence Culture, Taylor Budowich said.

01:46Companies like ABC are finally willing to do the right and reasonable thing.

01:50Stephen Colbert learned over the summer that CBS was axing his show after its current season.

01:57For Trump, late-night comedy has long been a political battleground.

02:01Fallon has remained on his radar since their infamous 2016 interview,

02:05while Myers regularly skewers the president in his

02:08A Closer Look segments.

02:10Trevor Noah stepped away from The Daily Show in 2022,

02:14but insiders say Trump continues to fume over his legacy.

02:17He sees these shows as the last standing megaphones of the liberal elite,

02:21said one long-time Trump advisor,

02:23and he won't rest until every one of them is off the air.

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