Brian Stelter

I am not against you, conservative America.

He is clearly against President Trump, but he was almost trying to split off

Trump and Trump's aberrant behavior from the rest of the party and the rest of the movement.

He was offering condolences to Erica Kirk.

He was complimenting and praising Erica Kirk's speech over the weekend, her tribute to her late husband.

He was trying to offer a little bit of a bridge or an on-ramp to conservatives while at the same time making clear

he's going to continue to satirize Donald Trump.

He's gonna continue to speak out against the administration.

So I think he said exactly what ABC wanted him to say.

You know, ABC wanted him to acknowledge the controversy, wanted him to try to extend maybe an olive branch of some sort.

And Kimmel did just that.

And I think it was genuine.

It seemed genuine to me.

That's that's probably the most interesting question.

Well, number one, his contract is coming due in May.

So this may not be a long term relationship.

I have no reason to believe ABC wants to drop the show in May.

I have no reason to believe Kimmel wants to leave.

Yes, he's made noise about retiring, but, you know, lots of stars do that in advance of contract talks.

It is possible.