President Trump on Sunday shared a seemingly AI-generated picture mocking late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert – displaying them dressed as beggars on a New York City avenue.
A cartoon image on Truth Social confirmed the trio frowning and carrying tattered garments as they sit cross-legged on the sidewalk, holding indicators that say “talentless, not funny, ex comedians, need money” subsequent to buckets and overturned hats for money.
“Late night is over” is painted on a wall behind the three late-night comedians.
The president posted the picture after lodging recent assaults in opposition to ABC’s Kimmel, NBC’s Fallon and CBS’ Colbert – whose final present with the community aired in May – throughout the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday.
“The association decided not to have a comedian, so they considered using Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon – these guys, they’re terrible, they’re terrible – Stephen Colbert,” Trump mentioned on the occasion in Washington, DC. “These people are without talent.”
Trump has traded barbs with the three main networks’ late-night hosts over the previous ten years, with the president repeatedly calling the comedians “talentless” and calling for them to be fired.
He initially referred to as on ABC to fireplace Kimmel final September following the stunning assassination of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, when Kimmel mentioned “the MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”
ABC temporarily yanked Kimmel off the air. When he returned, he mentioned he didn’t intend for the feedback to come back throughout as an assault on Kirk, however didn’t apologize for his remarks.
In April, First Lady Melania Trump called for Kimmel to be fired after he joked that she had “a glow like an expectant widow” forward of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April, the place a gunman stormed the event in an alleged assassination try on the president.
Kimmel made the comment earlier than the taking pictures befell.
The president’s points with the community aren’t with Kimmel alone.
In a primetime speech final Thursday, Trump referred to as out “NBC and ABC fake news” for refusing to broadcast his remarks over alleged election fraud – saying it ought to end in “a revocation of their licenses.”
FCC Chair Brendan Carr, who’s at the moment conducting an early review of ABC’s broadcast TV licenses, agreed that the choice to not broadcast the president’s speech must be considered.
In July 2025, CBS introduced it was canceling “The Late Show,” which ran for 33 years, and firing Colbert, calling it “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
Fans and mates of Colbert alleged it was the community’s try and curry favor with the Trump administration as mum or dad firm Paramount sought approval for its $8.4 billion merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media, which was in the end accredited by the FCC.
Fallon, in the meantime, confronted heated backlash from Dems after a 2016 interview through which he ruffled then-presidential candidate Trump’s hair, with leftists accusing him of “humanizing” the candidate.
The NBC comic has repeatedly apologized for the interview – which prompted Trump in 2018 to inform Fallon to cease “whimpering” and “be a man.”
Trump has reached multimillion-dollar settlements with each ABC and Paramount Global, the proprietor of CBS.
In December 2024, ABC agreed to pay $16 million to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ false declare that Trump was discovered liable of rape.
Trump was discovered liable of sexual assault, not rape, and ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million in a civil go well with.
Last summer time, Paramount reached a $16 settlement over accusations it misleadingly edited a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris to make her solutions seem extra coherent forward of the 2024 presidential election.
