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mac56

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Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:10 PM

Sep 20

President Trump called out former late night anchor David Letterman for defending Jimmy Kimmel, who was taken off air this week by ABC over comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“Whatever happened to the very highly overrated David Letterman, whose ratings were never very good, either,” the president wrote late Friday in a post on Truth Social. “He looks like hell, but at least he knew when to quit. LOSER!!!”

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Trump: Letterman is overrated [View all] mac56 Sep 20 OP

Yes his ratings were very high newdeal2 Sep 20 #1

More mac56 Sep 20 #2

He has an Emmy award winning show on Netflix newdeal2 Sep 20 #3

What a man-child. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 20 #4

Trump thinks everyone who is popular is overrated. Irish_Dem Sep 20 #5

Trump Rebl2 Sep 20 #16

He wants to be seen as a strongman, brutal and terrifying. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #19

Exactly! Rebl2 Sep 21 #20

trmp is underrated, he's a much bigger pile of shit than anyone thought. spanone Sep 20 #6

Hahaha, good one!! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 20 #12

The most obvious sign of age-related dementia is... Bluetus Sep 20 #7

The only one that's highly overrated is Donald Trump. Initech Sep 20 #8

By himself malaise Sep 20 #10

Meryl Streep too malaise Sep 20 #9

Letterman has more IQ points in his nosehair than TSF has in his spooky3 Sep 20 #11

How many MAGAs watched Dave? mac56 Sep 20 #13

Donny Dumb Fuck never forgave Letterman for pantsing him on national TV. rsdsharp Sep 20 #14

Overrated? Isn't that what Pee-wee Herman said about Mike Tyson? Ping Tung Sep 20 #15

When Trump isn't declaring war on US cities.... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 21 #17

This is an excellent example Oeditpus Rex Sep 21 #18

Trump always playing the snowfake victim. Emile Sep 21 #21