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Feb 27, 2026

BREAKING: TRUMP LOSES IT After JIMMY KIMMEL TAKES AIM AT JD VANCE LIVE — LATE-NIGHT MOMENT SENDS STUDIO INTO UPROAR

BREAKING: TRUMP LOSES IT After JIMMY KIMMEL TAKES AIM AT JD VANCE LIVE — LATE-NIGHT MOMENT SENDS STUDIO INTO UPROAR 

The long-running feud between President Donald Trump and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel escalated this week after Mr. Kimmel devoted a blistering monologue to allegations involving Donald Trump Jr. and a cryptocurrency venture with foreign investors.

On his ABC program, Mr. Kimmel stitched together recent reporting, cable news interviews and archival clips to argue that the president’s eldest son had become entangled in what critics describe as a significant conflict-of-interest scandal. The segment blended satire with sharp political commentary — a format that has become familiar in the Trump era but remains controversial among viewers who see late-night television drifting ever further from entertainment into advocacy.

At the center of the monologue was a report, first detailed by The Wall Street Journal, that a company co-founded by Mr. Trump Jr. and his brother Eric had received a $500 million investment from a member of the Emirati royal family shortly before Mr. Trump’s return to office. According to the report, a substantial portion of those funds flowed into entities linked to the Trump family. Weeks later, the administration approved the sale of advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates, reversing restrictions put in place over national security concerns.

Mr. Kimmel presented the timeline as suggestive, if not dispositive, of impropriety. He cited ethics experts who argued that the arrangement could implicate the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, which bars federal officials from accepting gifts or payments from foreign states without congressional consent. “It looks like a bribe,” Mr. Kimmel said, quoting one legal scholar.

Representatives for the Trump family have denied wrongdoing, asserting that the investment was a private business matter unconnected to official policy decisions. They have also argued that the administration’s technology approvals followed standard interagency review processes and were consistent with broader diplomatic goals in the region.

The president himself has repeatedly dismissed allegations of corruption as politically motivated attacks. In recent remarks, he insisted that his administration supports free speech and has not used federal power to target critics. “What government action have we engaged in to kick anybody off the air?” he asked during a press appearance, answering his own question: “Zero.”

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