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What do they even do with all this attention that they keep looking for? Why do the spin doctors want my attention?

Did anybody say that he wanted help from tctrills??

Why do these political spin doctors always quote me to make weird statements? Do they really think that it will achieve anything??

Funny thread.

KnowAll:
The American President goes to Camp David to retreat.

The UK prime Minister goes to the Chequers


And Putin goes to his Duma Russian retreat. Where does Nigeria president go and retreat no where, no wonder the Governor’s went to Kigali the other day.

The Nigerian president has lots of places that he can go to.

I'll begin with what you are actually getting at.

The official holiday residence of the President of Nigeria is at Obudu Cattle Ranch. It was built during the Obasanjo era. In 2009 President YarAdua announced that he would spend his holiday there, but he fell ill and died before he could actually go there.

https://allafrica.com/stories/200902020556.html

President Jonathan actually spent his 2011 holiday there.

Jonathan Goes On 7-day Retreat At Obudu
https://www.nairaland.com/656877/jonathan-goes-7-day-retreat-obudu

There are also other places that the President of Nigeria can go to. President Obasanjo stayed at Dodan Barracks and President Shagari (who lived at Dodan Barracks) stayed at Aguda House in Abuja.

Many states also have presidential lodges that were built by state governments.

Donald Trump is on a state visit to the UK . He had a joint media conference with Keir Starmer at Chequers (the official holiday home of the UK Prime Minister) and journalists asked him about Jimmy Kimmel.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw-l0FzO8wc?si=jfjN93JM5nPytShx

naptu2:
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Donald Trump and Keir Starmer are having a press conference at Chequers and Trump was asked about Jimmy Kimmel.

"Jimmy Kimmel was fired for lack of talent more than anything else. He said a horrible thing about a fine gentleman and . . .he has no talent. He had bad ratings, he was fired for lack of talent".

Was it Donald Trump that got Jimmy Kimmel off the air?

That's not an easy question to answer. Some will say yes and some will say no and they'll both have points.

I've already told you about the feud between Trump and Kimmel, so I don't need to go over that again. Let's look at what happened in the past few days.

Kimmel made the comments on Monday, but it didn't attract any attention. Then the chairman of the FCC talked about it on Wednesday and that's when things started heating up.

What is the FCC? The FCC is like a combination of the NBC and NCC in Nigeria. Basically, they regulate broadcasting and communications.

What did the chairman say?

The chairman (Brendan Carr) said that what Jimmy Kimmel said was terrible and that the FCC would look into it. He said that Kimmel tried to blame MAGA and the Republican Party for what happened. He said that they would look at whether there's some sort of remedy. Then he said that ABC could take action before the FCC does and that would help the company. He said that they could sack Jimmy Kimmel or suspend the show and that he would advise that they do something before the FCC takes action. He said that the FCC grants licenses to TV stations and that they could look at the licenses of TV stations that carry the Jimmy Kimmel Live show.


That's ⬆️ why some people believe that Trump was behind the removal.

However, after the FCC chairman's comments, small TV stations that show the Jimmy Kimmel Live show announced that they would drop it. Nexstar, a company that owns the largest number of local TV stations, also announced that they would drop the show.

That's ⬆️ why some say that it wasn't Donald Trump that got it removed. They say that TV stations were dropping the show and that it would mean less viewers and less money, so ABC decided to take it off the air.

However, Nexstar is trying to buy its biggest rival Tegna and it requires regulatory approval from the FCC for the deal to go through. The regulations say that no company can have more than 39% of the TV market (this is to prevent a monopoly) and this deal would give Nexstar control of more than 39% of the market and the FCC chairman has said that they might change the regulation, so Nexstar wants to keep him happy.

Video of the comments of the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ved5hVb4yfM?si=-f-7ujUC7CAu-mur

What exactly did Jimmy Kimmel say?

1) Jimmy said that we hit some new lows as MAGA people are trying to paint the kid that murdered Charlie Kirk as anything but one of them and they are doing anything they can to score political points from it.

2) He said that in between the finger pointing, there was some grieving. On Friday the White House flew the flag at half mast (which got some criticism), but on a human level you can see how hard the president is taking this.

3) They then cut to a video of reporters asking President Trump questions. They offered condolences on the loss of his friend, Charlie Kirk, and they asked on a personal level how is he holding up.

Donald Trump said, "Very well and by the way, you can see right there all the trucks. They just started construction of the new White House Ballroom, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years and it's going to be a beauty".

4) They cut back to the studio and we can hear the audience laughing. Jimmy Kimmel said, "He's at the fourth stage of grief, construction. This is not how an adult grieves the death of someone he calls a friend, this is how a four-year old mourns a goldfish".

Jimmy was basically pointing out that someone who's supposed to be Trump's friend has just died and Trump is more interested in the construction of the White House Ballroom.

Video of Jimmy Kimmel's comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68qMX7OfXuw?si=mfGCV-A94Vd6z0D_

Previous thread:

Jimmy Kimmel Taken Off Air Over Charlie Kirk Comments 
https://www.nairaland.com/8521449/jimmy-kimmel-taken-off-air

Barrack Obama @BarrackObama

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/let-clear-happened-jimmy-kimmel-025000655.html?

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/business/media/washington-post-charlie-kirk-karen-attiah.html

https://x.com/BarackObama/status/1968679167286763678?t=1CmBsk_U-UnF0-HzwzLWlA&s=19