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President Donald Trump on Monday criticized the Grammy Awards as “virtually unwatchable” and threatened legal action against host Trevor Noah for what he called a “defamatory” hit by Jeffrey Epstein.
Noah hosted the politically charged event on Sunday night, where several liberal musicians criticized the Trump administration's immigration policies. At one point, Noah suggested that Trump wanted Greenland because he needed a new island to “hang out with Bill Clinton,” since the late and disgraced financier's private island is no longer available.
“The Grammy Awards are the WORST, practically unwatchable! CBS is lucky not to have this garbage fouling its airwaves any longer. The host, Trevor Noah, whoever he is, 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've never been to Epstein Island, or anywhere near it, and to “Tonight's false and defamatory statement has never been accused of being there, not even by the fake news media,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
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President Donald Trump threatened legal action against host Trevor Noah over a “defamatory” hit by Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“Noah, a total loser, better get his facts straight and get them straight quickly. Looks like I'm going to send my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dumb MC, and sue him for a lot of money. Ask little George Slopadopolus and others how it all worked out,” Trump continued. “Ask CBS too! Get ready Noah, I'm going to have fun with you! President DJT.”
A representative for Noah did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In November, the Epstein Files Transparency Act was passed, requiring the government to release within 30 days all unclassified material in its possession related to the files of Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. sex trafficking cases.
Trump signed the bill into law that month.
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Trevor Noah attends the 68th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Brianna Bryson)
The Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million Epstein records, including his personal emails. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News Digital that “in none of these communications, even as he went out of his way to disparage President Trump, did Epstein suggest that President Trump had committed anything criminal or had any inappropriate contact with any of his victims.”
Trump's threat to sue Noah comes as the president files multiple ongoing lawsuits, including legal actions against the BBC, The Des Moines Register, veteran pollster Ann Selzer, the IRS and the Treasury Department.
In December 2024, ABC News reached a $16 million settlement with Trump and apologized after anchor George Stephanopoulos wrongly claimed that Trump was found “responsible for rape” in the former president's civil case against columnist E. Jean Carroll. In fact, a New York jury found him responsible for sexual abuse.
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Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in federal custody in 2019. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
In July, Paramount reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Trump after he accused CBS News of “election interference” over its handling of a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the run-up to the 2024 election.
The Grammy Awards will move to Disney networks and streaming services in 2027 after 54 years on CBS.
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Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
