Trump Congratulates ABC For Pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Ratings-Challenged’ Show

President Donald Trump praised Disney’s ABC on Wednesday evening for indefinitely pulling late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show following his comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

ABC made the decision shortly after Nexstar Media Group, one of the largest U.S. TV station owners, announced it would preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its owned and partner ABC-affiliated stations. On Truth Social, Trump lauded the network for having the “courage to do what had to be done.”

“Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth , two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!” Trump wrote.

The indefinite removal of the late night hosts’ show comes after his Monday monologue in which he said the “MAGA gang” had hit “new lows,” as he claimed that Republicans had attempted to characterize Kirk’s alleged assassin as “anything other than one of them.”

“We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize  this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving. On Friday, the White House flew the flags at half-staff, which got some criticism. But on a human level, you can see how hard the president is taking this.”

Kimmel then played a clip of Trump discussing how he was “holding up” after the murder of Kirk, whom he had been close to. As the audience laughed, Kimmel mocked Trump’s reaction, saying it resembled how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.