Overview
- Hosting the 2026 Grammys, Trevor Noah joked that with Epstein’s island gone Trump would need a new one to “hang out with Bill Clinton,” a line that drew gasps and widespread sharing.
- Trump posted on Truth Social that he has never been to Epstein’s island, labeled the joke “false and defamatory,” derided the broadcast, and called Noah a “total loser.”
- He warned he would send lawyers and pointed to past settlements involving ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and CBS as examples of his legal leverage.
- As of Tuesday, no lawsuit had been filed and Noah had not publicly responded to Trump’s threat.
- Noah also teased Nicki Minaj over her recent embrace of Trump, as renewed interest followed the DOJ’s release of roughly three million Epstein-related documents plus thousands of videos and images under a transparency law.