Supporters of Donald Trump are lashing out at late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after he tore into the former president\u2019s public reaction to the shocking killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n
Kirk, 31, was fatally shot on September 10 while hosting a rally at Utah Valley University. In a chilling twist of fate, he was in the middle of answering an audience question about gun violence when a single bullet struck him in the neck. Despite being rushed to hospital, Trump later confirmed Kirk had died, calling him a \u201cmartyr for truth and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Days later, authorities arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who now faces seven charges, including aggravated murder. Officials have not formally confirmed Robinson\u2019s political affiliation, though Utah\u2019s Republican governor Spencer Cox claimed he was \u201cdeeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology,\u201d citing information allegedly provided by the suspect\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n
Trump quickly ordered all federal flags flown at half-staff in Kirk\u2019s honor, describing the podcaster as \u201ctremendous.\u201d He also issued a warning to those he said were \u201ccelebrating\u201d Kirk\u2019s death, hinting at consequences for critics.<\/p>\n
But while the former president\u2019s initial remarks were highly emotional, his more recent comments have raised eyebrows\u2014and given late-night TV plenty of material. On his ABC show this week, Kimmel aired footage of Trump speaking outside the White House after being asked how he was coping with the loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think very good,\u201d Trump said, before immediately pivoting to a rambling update on White House renovations. \u201cBy the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they\u2019ve been trying to get for about 150 years. And it\u2019s gonna be a beauty. It\u2019ll be an absolutely magnificent structure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kimmel wasted no time in skewering the bizarre shift in tone. \u201cHe\u2019s at the fourth stage of grief: construction,\u201d the comedian quipped. \u201cThis is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish, OK?\u201d<\/p>\n
The host then played yet another clip\u2014this time of Trump speaking to Fox News, where again, his answer to a question about Kirk\u2019s assassination quickly detoured into talk about his long-desired White House ballroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s something wrong with him, there really is,\u201d Kimmel remarked. \u201cWho thinks like that?\u201d<\/p>\n
The late-night host didn\u2019t just take aim at Trump. He also criticized MAGA-aligned figures who he said were already weaponizing Kirk\u2019s death for political purposes. \u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kimmel\u2019s commentary has since drawn heavy fire online. Supporters of Trump and Kirk accused him of crossing a line, with one person on X writing: \u201cI hope this ends his career.\u201d<\/em> Another fumed: \u201cThat guy is such a moron.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Others, however, defended the late-night host, with some pointing out that Trump\u2019s rambling responses were themselves deeply strange. One user suggested the former president might have been deflecting: \u201cWhen someone tries to talk to me about something that could make me cry uncontrollably I will attempt to redirect the conversation. I can\u2019t be the only one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The controversy underscores a familiar divide: while Trump\u2019s allies see him as unfairly mocked in moments of grief, his critics view his responses as proof of his inability\u2014or unwillingness\u2014to engage with tragedy in a serious, human way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Supporters of Donald Trump are lashing out at late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after he tore into the former president\u2019s public\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":89913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[4463],"class_list":["post-89912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-jimmy-kimmel"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}