The president was apparently not pleased. The New York Times reported:

‘I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back,’ he complained in a social media post, roughly an hour before Mr. Kimmel’s show was set to air. Mr. Trump suggested that he might sue ABC over its reinstatement of Mr. Kimmel — ‘I think we’re going to test ABC out on this,’ he wrote — and cited a $16 million payment that the network made last year to settle a previous defamation lawsuit that he filed against ABC News.

Much of the president’s online harangue was stale and tiresome: Trump called ABC “fake news”; he questioned Kimmel’s ratings; and he criticized the host’s talent......

But it was the next part of the Republican’s missive that was of particular interest:

[Kimmel] is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers!

In case this wasn’t obvious, in March 2024, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos used the term “rape” when describing the verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit against Trump. The Republican filed a defamation lawsuit after Election Day, and the network later agreed to contribute $15 million to Trump’s future presidential library and $1 million in legal fees to Trump’s lawyers.....

Now, evidently, the president is inclined to take yet another bite at the apple, claiming that Kimmel’s comedy might be “illegal” (it’s not) and the basis for a “test” legal case. Watch this space.