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Kimmel 'fired for lack of talent', Trump says, as Obama decries 'government coercion'
Donald Trump has claimed Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show was pulled off the air because of "bad ratings".
Kimmel's programme on US network ABC was axed after he criticised the US president and his allies for their response to the assassination of the right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. The decision led to accusations that free speech was under attack in the US, with Democrats including former US president Barack Obama and a number of celebrities sounding an alarm.
Mr Trump said: "Well, Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings, more than anything else." "And he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk." Speaking at a news conference alongside Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Trump added: "Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person. He had very bad ratings, and they should have fired him a long time ago.
"So, you know, you could call that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of talent." Aboard Air Force One, Mr Trump said: "When a host is on network television, there is a license.
... I think maybe their license should be taken away." He said whether ABC's license could be taken away over Kimmel's comments "will be up to Brendan Carr.
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