Trump found a new late-night target — and the FCC chair is cheering him on

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated November 18, 2025 – 2:36 AM

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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