Trump found a new late-night target — and the FCC chair is cheering him on
You would think he would have his hands full with the economy and health care and immigration, or even those pesky Epstein files. Heck, picking out the paint for his $300 million ballroom seems like it should be on his daily to-do list.
But President Donald Trump has found something else to take up some bandwidth: jokes made by late-night talk-show hosts.
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