New Delhi, April 28 -- Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel responded to calls from US President Donald Trump for his dismissal by urging First Lady Melania Trump to address what he described as the President's rhetoric.

Speaking on the April 27 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel said: "I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject, I do, and I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it."

Trump, in a Truth Social post later amplified by official White House channels, called for Kimmel's removal.

"I appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel's despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this ...