Melania Trump fires back at ABC over Jimmy Kimmel: 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH'

[0:00] I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO [0:02] TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. [0:03] I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO [0:05] MELANIA TRUMP IS GOING AFTER [0:07] JIMMY KIMMEL AFTER THE LATE [0:09] NIGHT HOST MOCKED HER IN A [0:11] PARODY THAT AIRED THURSDAY BEFORE [0:14] THE HORRIFIC TURN OF EVENTS [0:17] THAT UNFOLDED SATURDAY NIGHT AT [0:18] THE DINNER. [0:19] HE CALLED HER, GET THIS, AN [0:22] EXPECTANT WIDOW AS IF TO SAY HER [0:24] HUSBAND HAD BEEN MURDERED, [0:26] ASSASSINATED AND THIS IS THE [0:27] WOMAN LEFT BEHIND. [0:28] HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. [0:30] HE WAS A COWARD. [0:32] HIS FAMILY ISN'T COMEDY. [0:34] HIS WORDS ARE CORROSIVE AND [0:36] DEEPEN THE POLITICAL SICKNESS [0:37] WITHIN AMERICA. [0:38] PEOPLE LIKE KIMMEL SHOULDN'T [0:40] HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER [0:41] OUR HOMES EACH EVENING TO SPREAD [0:43] HATE. [0:44] A COWARD. [0:45] KIMMEL HIDES BEHIND ABC BECAUSE [0:47] HE KNOWS THE NETWORK WILL KEEP [0:49] RUNNING TO COVER TO PROTECT HIM. [0:51] ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. [0:52] IT IS TIME FOR ABC TO TAKE A [0:54] STAND. [0:54] HOW MANY TIMES WILL ABC'S [0:56] LEADERSHIP ENABLE KIMMEL'S [0:58] ATROCIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE [0:59] EXPENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY. [1:01] WE REACHED OUT TO ABC FOR [1:02] COMMENT. [1:03] THEY DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REPLY. [1:05] WELL, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE [1:06] CONSTANTLY SUSPENDING AND PAYING [1:07] FOR WORDS THAT WEREN'T TRUE AND [1:09] GETTING SUED AND ALL THAT. [1:10] THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME, [1:11] APPARENTLY. [1:12] I AM SO DEEPLY [1:13] APPRECIATIVE FOR THE FIRST LADY [1:15] USING HER PLATFORM TO TAKE THIS [1:16] STAND AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. [1:18] WE'VE HEARD FROM HER NOW A FEW [1:19] TIMES RECENTLY WHERE SHE HAS [1:21] ABSOLUTELY DRAWN THE LINE AND [1:23] CALLED OUT THESE INSTITUTIONS AND [1:27] THE EPIDEMIC OF ACCUSATIONS AND [1:30] FALSITIES AND DOWNRIGHT UNACCEPTABLE [1:33] LANGUAGE AND CONCEPTS THAT ARE [1:35] BEING FLOATED AND AMPLIFIED BY [1:37] THESE STORIED INSTITUTIONS LIKE [1:39] ABC. [1:39] SHE IS RIGHT TO CALL OUT [1:40] LEADERSHIP. [1:41] WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS. [1:42] WHATEVER WE SEE, WHATEVER HEINOUS [1:43] VIEWPOINT WE SEE ON TV OR IN THE [1:44] NEWS, YOU KNOW, ON THE NEWSPAPER, [1:45] PODCAST, ET CETERA, THERE IS A [1:46] PLATFORM BEHIND IT THAT IS ENJOYING [1:49] THE ADVERTISING DOLLARS THAT THEY [1:50] GET FROM THE CLICKS ON IT. [1:52] SO THAT'S WHY HASAN PIKER'S [1:54] ATROCIOUS INTERVIEW, SOCIAL [1:55] MURDER, WHERE WAS NEW YORK TIMES [1:56] FOR THAT? [1:57] YOU DIDN'T PUBLISH SENATOR TOM [1:59] COTTON'S OP-ED BUT YOU HAD NO [2:01] PROBLEM PUBLISHING HASAN PIKER'S. [2:02] SO HERE WE HAVE THE FIRST LADY [2:04] SAID ABC, WHY IS THIS OKAY? [2:06] THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE [2:08] SOMEONE THAT IS TRASH. [2:09] I NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT HE ENJOYED [2:11] A PEABODY AWARD THIS YEAR. [2:13] SO WE ARE SEEING THIS ECOSYSTEM, [2:16] THE PERMISSIVE ECOSYSTEM WITHIN [2:18] THAT JOURNALISM IS ALSO [2:20] REWARDING THESE PEOPLE'S [2:21] BEHAVIOR. [2:22] SO HE CAN PUT THE AWARD ON HIS [2:24] WALL BUT I HOPE HE ALSO PUTS AN [2:26] ADMONISHMENT AND HIS TERMINATION [2:27] LETTER WHICH SHOULD FOLLOW. [2:28] SO THAT IS THE POINT. [2:30] IT ISN'T THAT WE'VE GOT AN [2:32] ECOSYSTEM OF SOCIAL MEDIA OR [2:33] COMEDIANS. [2:34] YOU ARE TALKING JOURNALISM IS [2:36] PUSHING THIS FORWARD. [2:37] WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT [2:38] YOU'RE. [2:39] NEW YORK TIMES WITH PIKER, SO [2:40] MANY EXAMPLES OF THAT. [2:41] JIMMY KIMMEL DOES NOT SEEM TO [2:42] BE ABLE TO LEARN HIS LESSON. [2:43] HE WAS SUSPENDED FOR A WEEK [2:45] SEPTEMBER OF 2025 BECAUSE OF [2:46] THOSE COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT [2:47] THE MURDER OF CHARLIE KERK. [2:48] HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH MORE [2:50] INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS FROM [2:51] JIMMY KIMMEL. [2:52] AND I REMEMBER AT THE TIME FCC [2:55] CHAIR BRENDAN CARR CAME OUT AND [2:57] SAID THIS IS DISGUSTING. [2:58] HE WAS ONE OF THE LEADS AND [3:03] SAID THAT ABC NEEDS TO MAKE A [3:05] DECISION ABOUT JIMMY KIMMEL AND [3:07] MAYBE FIRE HIM. [3:08] AT THE TIME HE SAID THESE [3:10] REMARKS ABOUT CHARLIE KERK, [3:12] TRULY SICK. [3:13] HE THREATENED REGULATORY ACTION [3:15] AGAINST ABC AND JIMMY KIMMEL. [3:17] WE'RE RIGHT BACK AT IT AGAIN IN [3:19] THAT. [3:20] IT'S A BAD BUSINESS MOVE AS THE [3:22] BUSINESS PERSON SITTING HERE. [3:23] IT WILL LET THIS CONTINUE. [3:24] IT'S SO EXCELLENT. [3:25] YOU AND I WERE TALKING OFF [3:27] CAMERA. [3:28] OUR TEAM LOOKED THIS UP. [3:29] HIS NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY UP. [3:31] YEAH. [3:32] THAT MEANS IT SELLS AGAINST [3:33] COLBERT AND FALLON. [3:34] I DON'T WATCH ENOUGH NIGHTTIME [3:36] NEWS TO KNOW IF THEY'RE EVEN [3:38] COMPETITIVE WITH EACH OTHER OR [3:39] WITH THE AUDIENCE. [3:40] IT'S 1.8 MILLION A NIGHT WHICH [3:42] IS FAR LESS THAN MOST OF THE [3:43] DAYTIME PROGRAMMING ON FOX. [3:44] BUT YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING. [3:46] THEY HAVE SEEN A SHARP DOWNTURN [3:49] IN PREVIOUS YEARS LEADING INTO [3:50] THIS ONE. [3:51] BUT HIS NUMBERS ARE UP. [3:52] SO THE LANDSCAPE IS FALLING [3:54] DOWN. [3:55] GREGG GUTTFILLS BETTER THAN [3:56] EVERYBODY. [3:57] HIS NUMBERS ALMOST DOUBLED [3:58] THAT. [3:59] BUT IT IS INTERESTING. [4:00] THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO [4:02] LIKE CALLING FIRST LADY AN [4:05] UNEXPECTED WIT. [4:06] WELL, AND TO CHERYL'S POINT, [4:08] I DO ACTUALLY THINK THAT JIMMY [4:10] KIMMEL LEARNED A LESSON FROM [4:11] THAT ENTIRE SAGA AND IT'S THAT HE [4:13] COULD GET AWAY WITH IT. [4:14] YES. [4:15] I THINK HE WAS A LITTLE BIT [4:17] OF THEIR CHANGES. [4:18] YOU KNOW, I THINK HE WAS [4:19] PLATFORMED BY ABC EVEN AFTER [4:20] MANY OF THE LOCAL AFFILIATES [4:22] THREATENED TO DROP HIM ENTIRELY [4:24] FROM THEIR CHANNELS. [4:25] BUT YOU HAD THE ENTIRE LIBERAL [4:27] ESTABLISHMENT RALLY AROUND HIM [4:28] AND CLAIM THAT HIM BEING [4:29] SUSPENDED FOR A WEEK WAS AN [4:31] ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH. [4:32] THAT WAS THE END OF THE WORLD [4:34] FOR LIBERAL JOURNALISTS [4:35] EVERYWHERE WHEN HE TOOK A NICE [4:37] PAID WEEK OFF. [4:38] I THINK HE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF [4:40] A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOOTER AT A [4:41] LOCAL ABC AFFILIATE LAST SUMMER [4:43] THAT WAS AROUND THE TIME THAT [4:45] JIMMY KIMMEL WAS TAKEN OFF THE [4:46] AIR. [4:47] SO, I MEAN, HIS RHETORIC IS [4:48] ACTUALLY LEADING TO VIOLENCE. [4:49] AND I'M GLAD THAT MELANIA [4:50] TRUMP IS REALLY STEPPING INTO [4:51] HER ROLE HERE AND CLEARLY [4:52] CALLING THIS OUT. [4:53] BECAUSE CAN YOU IMAGINE IF HE [4:55] HAD MADE THAT KIND OF JOKE [4:57] ABOUT JILL BIDEN? [4:58] YOU CAN SAY, YOU CAN SAY THAT [5:00] HE ACTUALLY MEANT THAT IT WAS A [5:01] JOKE ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S [5:02] AGE. [5:03] BUT OKAY, LET'S PUT THAT WITHIN [5:05] THE CONTEXT OF THE BIDENS. [5:06] CAN YOU IMAGINE IF SOMEONE HAD [5:08] MADE THAT JOKE ABOUT JILL BIDEN [5:10] AT THAT POINT? [5:11] BECAUSE THE REACTION WOULD BE [5:12] VERY DIFFERENT ON THE LEFT SIDE [5:13] OF THE AISLE. [5:14] DO YOU THINK THIS IS ABOUT HIS [5:15] AGE? [5:16] PAUL MAURO, WHO WE KNOW OFTEN [5:18] SITS ON OUTNUMBERED, SAID THAT [5:20] WHEN YOU SAY SOMEONE IS AN [5:22] EXPECTED WIDOW, HE SAID THAT [5:24] THAT DELIVERS THIS MEANING. [5:26] HE SAID THAT HE SAID THAT HE [5:28] SAID THAT HE SAID THAT HE SAID [5:30] WIDOWHOOD, DEATH, ASSASSINATION. [5:32] I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU [5:34] COVER FOR THAT. [5:35] IT'S PRETTY BLATANT. [5:36] I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY THIS. [5:38] THE NUMBERS MAY BE UP, HARRIS, [5:40] BUT FIND ME AN EXPECTANT MOTHER [5:42] THAT WHEN KIMMEL SAYS THAT SHE [5:45] HAS THE GLOW OF AN EXPECTANT [5:47] WIDOW, JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE [5:49] SHE ACTUALLY ALMOST LOST HER [5:51] LIFE OR BECAME EXACTLY THAT, I [5:53] DON'T THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE [5:55] THAT HE SAID THAT HE'S A [5:58] THAT HE SITTING AS THE [5:59] STATE. [6:00] LET'S GO. [6:01] COMEDIANS JUST SAYING THINGS THAT [6:02] MAKE EVERYBODY UNCOMFORTABLE. [6:03] YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, [6:04] THAT HE DID MAKE THESE [6:05] COMMENTS BEFORE THE EVENTS OF [6:06] SATURDAY NIGHT. [6:08] SO, GOOD CLARIFICATION.