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Trump PANICS as Disney Files Lawsuit After He Attacked On Jimmy Kimmel
Trump tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel. Disney almost folded. Then the public pushed back so hard that Disney reversed course — and learned the most important le...
First Kimmel, now 'The View': Disney is pushing back against Trump.
By Peter Kafka You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Chief Correspondent covering media and technology New Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro seems to be trying a new strategy with Donald Trump and his administration. Blanca CRUZ / AFP via Getty Images 2026-05-08T19:55:50.142Z Disney doesn't want to be in a fight with Donald Trump. So in 2024 and 2025, the entertainment giant appeared to be appeasing him. Now it's pushing back — not loudly, but firmly. Disney's first approach to Trump 2.0: Give Donald Trump what he wants. Now it's trying something different: The opposite.In a filing with the federal government this week, Disney pushed back against its attempt to regulate which guests can appear on "The View," calling those efforts "unprecedented" and a threat to free speech.And while Disney's fight in this case is theoretically with the Federal Communications Commission, not the president of the United States, we should be clear about this: FCC head Brendan Carr was placed in the job by Donald Trump, and acts as if he is an extension of Donald Trump.So when Disney says Carr's agency is out of line, it knows exactly how that critique is going to land in the White House. It's also the second time in weeks that Disney has taken on the White House. Last month, Melania Trump and then Donald Trump called on Disney's ABC to punish Jimmy Kimmel for a joke he'd made about them. The following day, Carr's FCC said it was reviewing Disney's broadcast licenses, years earlier than planned. But Kimmel has stayed on the air, where he continues to tweak the Trumps.To be clear: This isn't a case of Disney, or new CEO Josh D'Amaro, challenging Trump to a duel. But it does seem to be a calculated call by D'Amaro: He's decided to push back, politely but firmly, against Trump's demands.And that's a meaningful change from the message Disney sent in the first part of Trump's second term.In the fall of 2024 — after Trump's reelection but before he'd been inaugurated — Disney settled a defamation suit many experts thought it would easily win, agreeing to a $15 million payout to Trump (via his planned presidential library). And in the fall of 2025, Disney took Kimmel off the air after Carr complained about another Trump joke the host had told.But extensive public outcry over Kimmel's suspension helped then-CEO Bob Iger change his mind, and he reinstated Kimmel after a few days. Now his successor seems to be following in his f...
Kimmel stays on ABC as Trump family firing push fails - MSN
Kimmel under fire: A joke about Melania Trump sparked outrage from both political opponents and allies, with the Trumps demanding ABC remove him. Disney's tough choice: New CEO Josh D'Amaro ...
ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights
The accusations, made in a filing dated Thursday, represents a shift from earlier brush-ups between the network and the Trump administration. The Disney-owned network briefly pulled Jimmy Kimmel ...
