President Trump once again called for Jimmy Kimmel’s firing this week. In response, the ABC late-night host used part of his monologue to taunt the president. Randy Holmes/Disney/Getty Images)

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“Every five weeks,” Jimmy Kimmel observed, President Trump “flips out and wants me fired.”

It happened again this week, when the president posted on Truth Social, asking why ABC keeps “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on the air.

Kimmel responded on Thursday night’s show, pointing out that Trump’s post came at 12:49 a.m., “11 minutes after the show ended on the East Coast.”

He said directly to Trump, “Thanks for watching us on TV instead of on YouTube. We appreciate that. And I’ll tell y

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