President Donald Trump became a social media punchline after he took aim at Trevor Noah in a wee-hours social media meltdown over the comedian’s Jeffrey Epstein joke at Sunday’s Grammy Awards.
“The Grammy Awards are the WORST, virtually unwatchable! CBS is lucky not to have this garbage litter their airwaves any longer,” wrote Trump in a post to his Truth Social platform following the award show. (Note: The Grammys broadcast is set to leave CBS and head to ABC beginning next year.)
“The host, Trevor Noah, whoever he may be, is almost as bad as Jimmy Kimmel at the Low Ratings Academy Awards. Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!! 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.”
Trump slammed Noah as a “total loser” and a “poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C.” before claiming that he’d be sending his lawyers after the Grammys host.
“Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you!” Trump warned.
The post arrives after the former “Daily Show” host used Billie Eilish’s Song of the Year win at the Grammys to set up a quip about the president’s ties to the late convicted sex offender.
“That’s 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,” the comedian joked.
The dig seemingly weaves the president’s desires to take over the Arctic island to the infamous “Trump blowing Bubba” email in the Epstein files.
In November, social media users speculated that the email was referring to Clinton, who gained the nickname “Bubba” during the 1992 election.
The email’s sender, Epstein’s brother Mark Epstein, has denied that he was referring to Clinton in the message.
Clinton, like Trump, socialized with Jeffrey Epstein and is linked to the late convicted sex offender via court records, photos and flight logs.
Both have denied any wrongdoing, and neither of them has been implicated in Epstein’s crimes.
Trump’s veiled threat toward Noah marks the president’s latest digital show of force against comedians who bug him on television.
Sunday marked the sixth consecutive occasion that Noah hosted the Grammy Awards, and it’s expected to be his final time emceeing the show.
Elsewhere during the ceremony, the comedian took a swipe at Trump’s newfound friendship with rapper Nicki Minaj.
He also clowned CBS leadership for kissing Trump’s ring after its parent company, Paramount, settled a lawsuit with the president ahead of a major merger that required his administration’s approval.
Critics on social media were quick to tease Trump, including one X user who called out the president’s “loser behavior” on Monday.
Check out that reaction, and more, below.