Kimmel, Trump Feud Escalates Over Melania Joke

0:00On April 29th, Jimmy Kimmel kept his feud with President Donald Trump, rolling on his Tuesday, April 28th show. He played a clip from Trump's earlier speech, welcoming King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the U.S. In it, Trump talked about his mom coming from Scotland in 19, meeting his dad Fred and their 63-year marriage. Then Trump joked to Melania that they would not match that record, Kimmel fired right back, saying Trump should get canned for that line. It was a direct nod to Trump's recent push to get Kimmel acts from his ABC gig. This all stems from Kimmel's joke last Thursday, April 23rd, during a fake White House correspondence dinner bit. He said Melania had a glow like an expectant widow. Trump called it a call to violence, especially after a shooting tie to the real dinner on Saturday, April 25th. Trump ramped it up Monday, April 27th on True Social, demanding Disney and ABC fire Kimmel immediately. Kimmel shot back that night, denying any violent intent behind his words. The back and forth shows no signs of cooling off, with both sides trading punches and primetime

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