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Gavin Blackburn

Trump demands ABC sack TV comedian Jimmy Kimmel after 'despicable' joke

US President Donald Trump called for comedian Jimmy Kimmel to be sacked for likening First Lady Melania Trump to an "expectant widow," in a joke made days before a shooting at a dinner attended by the president.

"Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC," over the "despicable call to violence," Trump said in a social media post on Monday, hours after Melania Trump also criticised the comment.

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