Donald Trump threatens Trevor Noah over Epstein joke

US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue comedian Trevor Noah after he made a joke about Trump in relation to Jeffrey Epstein at Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

Hosting the event, Noah said, “Song of the Year, that is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense, because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.” 

Taking to Truth Social, Trump said he would send lawyers to Noah to ‘have some fun’. 

“I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there."

Epstein died in 2019 in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, more than a decade after he was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor.

Trump and Clinton’s names have appeared in papers known as the Epstein files, which include details of parties at Epstein’s private Island. 

The pair were former friends of Epstein but have always denied wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein’s sexual abuse.