President Donald Trump routinely flays his critics. Nobody does it better, and by “better” we mean meaner.
When First Lady Melania Trump does the honors, it’s different.
FLOTUS isn’t outspoken, one of the reasons the Prime Video documentary “Melania” made such a splash at the box office. We rarely hear from her, so when she speaks, it resonates.
And she just took Jimmy Kimmel to the woodshed for his hateful brand of late-night TV.
Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to…
— First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) April 27, 2026
‘Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy – his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America,’ the First Lady wrote on X Monday morning.
‘People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate … A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.”
Why lash out at Kimmel now? Kimmel’s most recent Trump roast featured this line.
‘Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
Days later, a would-be assassin tried to take out President Trump and members of his inner circle.
Kimmel’s rhetoric has been gross, uniformly unfunny and deceitful for some time. He’s pushed the notion that the President is out to kill us, pretended the violent group Antifa doesn’t exist and got suspended for lying about the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder.
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ABC should have fired him a long time ago. He’s a sad excuse for a late-night comedian, and he truly is making America worse with his commentary.
Two reasons come to mind for not honoring the First Lady’s request.
The first is less important but still worth saying aloud. It would play right into Kimmel’s hands and, by extension, the modern, angry Left. They’d scream that Team Trump is silencing his opponents, ignoring the critical context in play.
The Left used that playbook following Kimmel’s Kirk misdirection, for which he never actually apologized.
That would make the ideological wars even hotter.
The second reason is more vital. Yes, ABC should be ashamed of itself for keeping Kimmel on the air. It’s a disgrace, but then again so is letting “The View” spew its hate and conspiracy five days a week.
But we’re living in the death of shame, to quote “FOX Across America” host Jimmy Failla, so that’s not even new, sadly.
The First Amendment allows for Kimmel’s brand of misinformation and hate. It’s up to audiences to either tune away or hang on every bit of his propaganda.
Firing Kimmel now is akin to wiping conspiracy monger Alex Jones off of social media a few years back. It might have felt good and righteous, but what happened next? Well, we all saw that scenario.
At this point, if ABC actually did the moral thing and fired Kimmel it would look like the Trumps made it happen. Instead of the truth – a late-night show host has lost his way, spreads rage on a nightly basis and has forgotten what his job description entails.
Still, what the First Lady said needed to be shared. It matters. Now, it’s up to the rest of us to reject Kimmel or allow more of his unhinged commentary.
That’s the American way, for better and worse.
