{"id":8806,"date":"2026-02-02T20:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/?p=8806"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:52:11","slug":"trump-threatens-legal-action-over-grammy-joke-linking-him-to-epstein-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/trump-threatens-legal-action-over-grammy-joke-linking-him-to-epstein-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens Legal Action Over Grammy Joke Linking Him to Epstein Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump has publicly threatened legal action against comedian <strong>Trevor Noah<\/strong> following a joke the comedian made during the 68th <strong>Grammy Awards<\/strong>, held on February\u202f1,\u202f2026. The comment referenced Trump in connection with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s private island, prompting a firm denial from the president and a statement about possible litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his monologue as host of the awards show, Noah made a quip while presenting the <strong>Song of the Year<\/strong> award, saying artists want the honor \u201calmost as much as Trump wants Greenland,\u201d and added that, because Epstein\u2019s island was no longer available, Trump might need a new one to \u201chang out\u201d with former President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continue reading on next page\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on his social media platform Truth Social after the broadcast, Trump said the joke was \u201cincorrect\u201d and \u201cfalse and defamatory,\u201d denying that he had ever visited Epstein\u2019s island. He wrote that he has \u201cnever been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close,\u201d and said Noah had \u201cbetter get his facts straight.\u201d Trump also characterized the Grammy broadcast as \u201cvirtually unwatchable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s message included a warning that he planned to send lawyers after Noah, saying he would pursue legal action. The president has in the past taken legal action against media organizations over coverage he considered defamatory, and he referenced those cases in his comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives for Trevor Noah did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and no lawsuit had been filed as of Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grammy Awards ceremony this year also featured performances and statements from artists on a range of topics, with several winners using their time on stage to address social and cultural issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has publicly threatened legal action against comedian Trevor Noah following a joke the comedian made during the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8809,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8806\/revisions\/8809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}