Jimmy Kimmel launches assault on Trump in Christmas message | EUROtoday

US chat present host Jimmy Kimmel launched an assault on President Donald Trump on British tv, months after the comic’s late-night present was taken off air.

In Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message, the 58-year-old warned that “fascism” and “tyranny” are “booming” within the United States below the Trump administration, and apologised to the British public.

“I can tell you that, from a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,” he stated.

“Tyranny is booming over here. You may have read in your colourful newspapers, my country’s president would like to shut me up because I don’t adore him in the way he likes to be adored.”

Kimmel’s present Jimmy Kimmel Live! was “indefinitely” suspended on 17 September after on-air feedback in regards to the killing of Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk. It had been working for over 20 years, first airing in 2003.

The transfer to tug the programme sparked widespread backlash, protests and public debate about free speech, resulting in it being reinstated days later.

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“All of a sudden we were off the air,” he defined, describing the saga. “Millions and millions of people stood up and said: ‘No, this is not acceptable.’”

He stated: “We won…. and now I’m back on the air every night giving the most powerful politician on earth a right and richly deserved b******ing,” stated Kimmel.

Mr Trump has beforehand stated the present was pulled attributable to poor scores, including that the presenter was “fired for lack of talent”. He bolstered the message by reiterating Kimmel had “ZERO talent” and the suspension of his present as “great news for America”.

In his Christmas tackle, Kimmel likened Trump’s type of presidency management to Russia and North Korea for “silencing its critics”.

“The reason I’m telling you this story is because maybe you’re thinking: ‘Oh a government silencing its critics is something that happens in places like Russia, or North Korea, or LA, not the UK’,” he defined.

“Well, that’s what we thought and now we’ve got King Donny the Eighth calling for executions. It happens fast.”

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He expressed concern for his nation and issued an apology to Brits affected by the political local weather throughout the pond. On Christmas Eve, the Trump administration banned two British free speech campaigners from the US, calling them “radical activists”.

“Here in the United States right now we are both figuratively and literally tearing down the structures of our democracy,” Kimmel continued.

“From the free press, to science, to medicine, to judicial independence, to the actual White House itself, we are a right mess.

“And we know this is also affecting you, and I just wanted to say sorry. And we want you to know or, at least I want you to know, that we’re not all like him. We’re not all like that.”