The president has had his feelings hurt, and he intends to do something about it. After the 68th Grammy Awards, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to lash out at host Trevor Noah over a joke the comedian made at Trump’s expense, which involved both Jeffrey Epstein and the president’s recent obsession with Greenland.
In his Truth Social post, Trump called the Grammy ceremony “virtually unwatchable” and threatened legal action against Noah: “I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C.”
Noah returned to host the Grammys for a sixth consecutive time on CBS. During the ceremony, Noah shared that it would be the Grammys’ last one on CBS—the event is moving to Disney+ and Hulu—and his last appearance as the show’s host as well, at least for the foreseeable future. After this disclosure, Noah exhibited a bit more of a devil-may-care attitude with his jokes, aiming one about the coveted song-of-the-year award at Trump and his well-documented relationship with deceased convicted sex offender Epstein.
That prize, said Noah, “is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland. Which makes sense because Epstein’s island is gone. He needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.” After the joke got a sustained laugh, Noah noted again that this was his last ceremony as host; as such, he had nothing to lose. (Both Trump and Clinton have denied having any connection to Epstein’s crimes.)
Needless to say, Trump was not a fan of the joke—or of Noah’s hosting ability writ large. “The Grammy Awards are the WORST, virtually unwatchable!” he posted on Truth Social at 1:01 a.m. He then shouted out CBS—now run by David Ellison, the son of billionaire longtime Trump supporter Larry Ellison—for no longer airing the Grammys going forward, writing that the network was “lucky not to have this garbage litter their airwaves any longer.”
Trump turned his attention to Noah while also getting in a dig at another comedian enemy of his: Jimmy Kimmel. “The host, Trevor Noah, whoever he may be, is almost as bad as Jimmy Kimmel at the Low Ratings Academy Awards,” Trump wrote, claiming to be unfamiliar with Noah’s work. For what it’s worth, Trump pulled the same move with album-of-the-year winner and Super Bowl halftime headliner Bad Bunny in October, claiming that he had “never heard of” the global Latin-music superstar before ripping his Super Bowl selection apart.
Trump then turned his attention to Noah’s insinuation that he had spent time on Epstein’s island. “Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!!” Trump continued. “I can’t speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media.”