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Fact or Fiction: MGM Grand cancels Jimmy Kimmel's residency after Trump calls for boycott?

MGM Grand cancels Jimmy Kimmel's residency after Trump calls for boycott?
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(KGTV) — A story you may have seen claims the MGM Grand in Las Vegas canceled Jimmy Kimmel's summer residency after President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump called for a full boycott of the comedian.

While it's true the Trumps called for ABC to fire Kimmel over a joke he made about Melania Trump on his show last month, there was never a residency in the first place.

Snopes did some digging and found that the story originated from a network of social media pages that produce satirical content.

The President didn't call for a full boycott of Kimmel, but his FCC did order early license renewal for the eight ABC-owned TV stations.