'Unpardonable sin!' Trump demands 'vast sums of money' as he rages against MSNBC

Donald Trump celebrated MSNBC's cancellation of Joy Reid's show as part of a major shakeup of the network's prime-time lineup.

In a late-night Truth Social post, the president attacked Brian Roberts, the chairman of MSNBC parent company Comcast, and various on-air hosts while demanding "vast sums of money" for critical coverage, which he called an "unpardonable sin."

"Lowlife Chairman of 'Concast,' Brian Roberts, the owner of Ratings Challenged NBC and MSDNC, has finally gotten the nerve up to fire one of the least talented people in television, the mentally obnoxious racist, Joy Reid," Trump posted late Sunday. "Based on her ratings, which were virtually non-existent, she should have been 'canned' long ago, along with everyone else who works there."

The telecommunications giant Comcast announced in October that it would spin off MSNBC, CNBC and several other media properties into a separate public company that Trump adviser Elon Musk has publicly flirted with buying. New network president Rebecca Kutler is planning additional programming changes despite viewership shooting up 77 percent during prime time hours and 34 percent in total day viewers since Inauguration Day.

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"Also thrown out was Alex Wagner, the sub on the seriously failing Rachel Maddow show," Trump posted. "Rachel rarely shows up because she knows there’s nobody watching, and she also knows that she’s got less television persona than virtually anyone on television except, perhaps, Joy Reid."

"Then there’s, of course, the LOW IQ Con Man, Al Sharpton, who has, perhaps, the lowest TV ratings in the history of television," the president added. "What is he doing to Brian Roberts to stay on the air? This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than an illegal arm of the Democrat Party. They should be forced to pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done to our Country. Fake News is an UNPARDONABLE SIN!"

Sources say that Kutler intends to replace “The ReidOut,” which has aired at 7 p.m. ET since 2020, with “The Weekend” co-hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez. That show improved its total viewership 35 percent during its two-hour slot airing on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. ET.