{"id":49029,"date":"2026-02-03T08:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49029"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:45:24","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndonald-trump-lashes-out-at-trevor-noah-over-grammy-joke-and-threatens-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndonald-trump-lashes-out-at-trevor-noah-over-grammy-joke-and-threatens-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump lashes out at Trevor Noah over Grammy joke and threatens legal action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188971\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188971\" class=\"wp-image-188971 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Donald-Trump-lashes-out-at-Trevor-Noah-over-Grammy-joke.jpg?resize=600%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Donald-Trump-lashes-out-at-Trevor-Noah-over-Grammy-joke.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Donald-Trump-Trevor-Noah-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump slams Trevor Noah after the 68th Grammys<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Donald Trump has fired back angrily at South African-born comedian Trevor Noah after a joke made during the 2026 Grammy Awards, accusing the host of defamation and warning that his lawyers could step in.<\/p>\n<p>The US president took to his Truth Social platform on Monday to denounce Noah, branding him \u201cpoor, pathetic\u201d and \u201ctalentless\u201d while describing the Grammys as \u201cvirtually unwatchable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s outrage followed a quip delivered by Noah during the live broadcast, which appeared to link Trump and former president Bill Clinton to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Responding directly to the implication, Trump wrote: \u201cWrong, I can\u2019t speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close,\u201d insisting he had never previously been accused of visiting the island.<\/p>\n<p>The moment that sparked the backlash came shortly after Billie Eilish accepted her award.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the singer, Noah joked: \u201cCongratulations, Billie Eilish. Wow, that is a Grammy that every artist wants, almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense. I mean, Epstein\u2019s island is gone, and he needs a new one to hang around Bill Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comment drew laughter mixed with audible gasps inside the venue and quickly spread online, fuelling heated reactions, particularly from Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>In the same Truth Social post, Trump also took aim at the awards ceremony itself, claiming CBS was \u201clucky\u201d to no longer be airing the show.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to compare Noah unfavourably to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, whom he blamed for falling television ratings.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, neither Noah nor the Recording Academy had responded publicly to Trump\u2019s threats.<\/p>\n<p>Noah, a former host of The Daily Show, has built a reputation for blending political satire into his comedy and has frequently mocked Trump over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts in the US have repeatedly noted that defamation claims involving public figures are notoriously difficult to prove, especially when the remarks in question are made within a comedic or satirical setting.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, remains a highly sensitive topic in American public debate.<\/p>\n<p>While several prominent figures have been socially linked to him, such connections do not imply criminal wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has acknowledged knowing Epstein in the 1990s but has consistently denied any involvement in his crimes or visiting his private island<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Donald #Trump #lashes #Trevor #Noah #Grammy #joke #threatens #legal #action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Trump slams Trevor Noah after the 68th Grammys Donald Trump has fired back angrily at South African-born comedian Trevor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49031,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49029\/revisions\/49031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}