Autocrats gonna autocrat
The Queen of Hearts is unhappy again. Heads! More heads!
In a Truth Social post published an hour before [Jimmy Kimmel Live!] returned to air Tuesday, Trump decried ABC’s decision to reverse its cancellation, accusing the network of being too favorable to his political opponents, and threatened to again go “after them.”
Kimmel quipped, “That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!” the president wrote, later adding, “Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE. He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution.
“I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative,” he continued, referring to a $15 million settlement ABC News paid to Trump’s presidential library last year to settle a defamation suit.
Has ABC learned its $15 million lesson? TBD.
When will some judge fine Trump and/or sanction his lawyers for filing frivolous lawsuits to harass his critics? His behavior is intolerable yet courts continue to tolerate it.
Robert McCoy observes, “In 136 words, the president blew all MAGA rationalizations out of the water: Trump just wants to punish media figures he deems guilty of lèse-majesté against him.”
Now, will courts finally swat Trump for it?
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