<figure id="attachment_466863" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-466863" style="width: 1766px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4e9a34ba"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/05/206ddcee625063685ddf92af396a5e8e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-466863" class="wp-caption-text">President Trump and Mrs. Melania are upset over Kimmel&#8217;s &#8220;widow comment.</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Kimmel should be fired.</h2>
 Another battle has broken out between President Trump (79) and comedian and popular host Jimmy Kimmel (58).
 According to U.S. media outlets, Kimmel announced on April 23 (local time) on his popular ABC talk show &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live! in which he made a joke about Mrs. Melania, 56, at the White House Press Association dinner scheduled to take place two days later.
 She said of Melania, 56, &#8220;You&#8217;re really beautiful, Mrs. Trump. You have the glow of a pregnant widow.&#8221;
 and so on.
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 Two days later, on April 25, Kimmel&#8217;s &#8220;widow joke&#8221; became controversial after an assassination attempt on President Trump and others by Cole Thomas Allen, 31.
 In a post on his Truth Social on April 27, Trump called the joke
 This is way beyond what I would tolerate.
 and &#8220;far beyond acceptable limits. And
 Jimmy Kimmel should be fired immediately by Disney and ABC.
 and demanded that he be fired. And Mrs. Melania said
 His words are hurtful to people and are exacerbating a political disease in the United States.
 Kimmel responded by posting a comment on social networking sites condemning the firing of Kimmel on April 27.
 Kimmel responded on April 27 at the beginning of the program. He said that his &#8220;widow joke&#8221; was causing a stir on the Internet.
 &#8220;A Twitter vomit storm,&#8221; he said.
 He then laughed it off, saying that the &#8220;widow joke&#8221; was making waves on the Internet,
 It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he is almost 80 years old and she is younger than me. In no way was it a call for assassination. I&#8217;m sure they understand that.&#8221;
 She insisted, &#8220;They should have understood that. He added
 I have been speaking out against gun violence for many years,&#8221; he said.
 &#8220;We have freedom of speech,&#8221; he said,
 &#8220;We have freedom of speech.
 RadarOnline.com reported that George Clooney had responded, saying, &#8220;I have been speaking out against gun violence for many years, especially with guns.
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 According to TMZ, George Clooney mentioned this issue that is causing a stir in the U.S. during his speech at the 51st Chaplin Awards Gala held on April 27, and said, &#8220;Jimmy is a comedian, he&#8217;s a comedian,
 Jimmy is a comedian and jokes are just jokes.
 Jimmy is a comedian and jokes are jokes,&#8221; he said, defending Kimmel.
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<h2>&#8216;No King Needed&#8217; Demonstrations Across the U.S.</h2>
 Speaking of Kimmel, his criticism of the administration in reference to the murder of Trump supporter Charlie Kirk last September drew fierce opposition from conservatives, and ABC announced an indefinite suspension of Kimmel&#8217;s program. Trump.
 &#8216;a totally untalented host.&#8217;
 ABC made the right decision.
 However, Hollywood reacted by signing a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) demanding the &#8220;protection of the constitutional right to free speech,&#8221; and the show was reinstated a week later.
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 While all eyes were on the Trump vs. Kimmel battle, Presidential Press Secretary Caroline Levitt, 28, was interviewed by a Fox News reporter on the red carpet before the start of the dinner.
 He&#8217;s ready to fight.
 And good,
 Tonight&#8217;s speech will be very Donald Trump. It will be funny and entertaining. There will be bullets flying around the hall tonight.
 he said.
 She may have been speaking to enliven President Trump&#8217;s speech, but her comments have also caused a stir, even among conspiracy theorists, since the actual shooting occurred shortly afterward.
 In any case, the actions of Cole Thomas Allen, the suspect charged with attempted assassination and firing a firearm in a crime of violence against the president, should not be tolerated. Needless to say, there should be no solution by violence, but even that premise seems to be shaky in the U.S. today.
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 Trump&#8217;s attacks on Iran have been condemned as a violation of international law, including the attack that killed a number of Iranian officials, including Ayatollah Khamenei; missile attacks on civilian facilities, including an attack on a girls&#8217; elementary school that reportedly killed over 175 children and teachers; and threats to &#8220;return Iran to the Stone Age,&#8221; which have been widely condemned by Iranians. In March, demonstrations protesting the attacks on Iran and the crackdown on immigrants were held in all 50 U.S. states under the slogan &#8220;No King for the King,&#8221; and his approval rating has been slipping. If this continues, the midterm elections in November will be a pinch.
 The Iranian attack, with no end in sight, and the third attempted assassination of President Trump in the midst of the Iranian attack, have exposed the serious divisions and turmoil in American society. Where will the shaken U.S. go from here?

 Ryo Sakamoto (former head of the Culture and Society Department of Tokyo Sports Newspaper)

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 Another battle has broken out between President Trump and popular host Kimmel. This time, it involves an assassination attempt and Melania's wife. ......

President Trump is offended by the “widow joke.” Another battle breaks out with the popular U.S. host over the assassination attempt.

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