Well, it seems Mr. Trump can't understand that -- in the case of many wealthy older men who've had multiple wives, and are presently with younger wives -- a common joke for decades from comedians has been that the younger wife has been invested in / involved. . . with... waiting for them to die. Just ask Andrew Dice Clay, Rodney Dangerfield, and before them, Lenny Bruce.
We may quibble about whether that particular joke was in good taste -- given what happened later in the evening, Saturday night. But there is no doubt that Mr. Kimmel's joke is protected expression.
So I will rerun my column from November 2025 and the last time Donald Trump tried to punish speakers (including comedians!) whose jokes offend him -- and of whose views he does not approve:
Tangerine and Melania today said it pretty plainly, that FCC should review (with a threat toward revoking) the broadcast licenses of networks that criticize him.
Charming. We will -- as ever -- peacefully -- resist. Resist the trampling of our First Amendment rights.
Nearly 250 years of freedom now hang in the balance. Forget this loser, folks:
. . .President Trump said federal regulators should revoke broadcast licenses over late-night hosts who speak negatively about him, a day after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” after pressure from the Federal Communications Commission chairman. . .
“They’re giving me all this bad press, and they’re getting a license,” Mr. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, after ABC suspended the late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live show. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away. . . .”
Not on my watch you Manchurian Cantaloupe.
Nope. [I ask you to please forgive any typos you might notice above, as I posted this from the iPhone mid air between Eugene and Chicago. Tiny screen effect; big fingers!]
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