Posted 2 hours agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownTrump Went On A Rant About Wanting To Sue Jimmy Kimmel After Learning He Was Returning To Late Night"Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings," the president wrote.by Natasha JokicBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Politics President Donald Trump responded to Jimmy Kimmel returning to late night in a way that was obviously very calm and measured. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Earlier this month, Kimmel drew the ire of the FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for his comments about the possible political motives of Charlie Kirk's shooter. TV broadcast companies Sinclair and Nexstar subsequently announced they'd preempt his show from airing on their ABC affiliate stations, which ultimately led ABC to suspend his show last week. Randy Holmes / Disney via Getty Images "Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings more than anything else, and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk," Trump said in response during a press conference at the time. "They should have fired him a long time ago, so you know, you can call that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of talent." Randy Holmes / Disney via Getty Images Last night, Kimmel returned to the air - Sinclair and Nexstar announced they're still preempting his show, meaning about a quarter of local ABC stations still aren't airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! Ahead of Kimmel's return, Trump took to Truth Social to write, "I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his 'talent' was never there." Truth / Via truthsocial.com BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things PoliticsSee our Politics Discussions "Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who's not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE," he continued, before stating with no evidence, "He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution." Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Trump then referenced a lawsuit that he settled with the network last year, concluding, "I think we're going to test ABC out on this. Let's see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings." Bloomberg / Bloomberg via Getty Images Kimmel took numerous jabs at Trump during his opening monologue last night, including one moment where he said, "You almost have to feel sorry for him. He did his best to cancel me. Instead, he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now." Randy Holmes / Disney via Getty Images You can read more about what Kimmel had to say in his monologue about his return here.