MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said President Donald Trump wants the news to focus on Jimmy Kimmel’s ousting at ABC. Instead, he covered Trump’s past ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling it a “political and moral problem of the year.” O’Donnell noted that Trump is trying to show off his power by silencing critics like Kimmel.
The President was welcomed to London for his second state visit, but O’Donnell pointed out that Prince Andrew, who had previously visited Epstein, was not invited due to the Epstein scandal. Meanwhile, Kimmel’s show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was suspended indefinitely after he criticized the right-wing response to a fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
O’Donnell believes Trump is trying to distract from his past ties to Epstein by focusing on Kimmel’s ousting. He noted that if Trump was able to silence prominent critics like Kimmel, it would be unprecedented in history, even for former President Richard Nixon.
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