A timeline of Jimmy Kimmel’s long history upsetting Trump with his jokes

NewsWorldAmericasA timeline of Jimmy Kimmel’s long history upsetting Trump with his jokesAfter being temporarily taken off the air, Kimmel appeared on another late-night show and said that it would be a ‘fun way to drive the president nuts’Georgia Bates Tuesday 28 April 2026 19:14 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2966672","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jimmy-kimmel-long-feud-trump-words-abc-disney-b2966672.html","title":"A timeline of Jimmy Kimmel’s long history upsetting Trump with his jokes"}}CloseJimmy Kimmel breaks silence over Melania ‘widow’ joke after Trump demands he’s firedThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSourceMeth...