Donald Trump said he will launch legal action against comedian Trevor Noah after the comedian joked about the U.S. president visiting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island. 

Noah, who hosted the Grammy Awards for the sixth time, triggered Trump’s ire Sunday night with a jibe about the president’s connection to Epstein, which could have been taken to imply he had visited the financier’s infamous island. 

“Song of the year, congratulations Billie Eilish, wow. That is a Grammy that every artist wants, almost as much as Trump wants Greenland,” Noah said. “Which makes sense, I mean, because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.” 

Trump, in turn, blasted Noah on his social media platform Truth Social as a “poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C.” who had “better get his facts straight, and get them straight fast.” 

“Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!!” Trump wrote. “I can’t speak for Bill, but 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, not even by the Fake News Media.” 

The president added he would “be sending my lawyers to sue” Noah “for plenty$ … Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you!”

He did not indicate whether he planned to sue CBS Television Network or streamer Paramount+, which aired the awards show. The Grammys will move to ABC in 2027.  

Trump has denied wrongdoing in relation to the Epstein allegations. No evidence has suggested that Trump ever visited Epstein’s island or took part in his trafficking operation.

The president has also maintained that he and Epstein, with whom he socialized during the 1990s and the early 2000s, had a falling out many years ago.

Clinton has also not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein and has called for all government files related to Epstein to be released. The former president and his wife, former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, defied a subpoena to testify in Congress before a panel investigating Epstein.

The Justice Department released a major tranche of investigative materials related to Epstein on Friday. More than three million pages, photographs and videos show how Epstein, who died in 2019, courted a vast web of relationships with world leaders, CEOs and government officials. 

Among them were former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, former Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland, tech billionaire Elon Musk, and Slovak politician Miroslav Lajčák, who resigned from a government position after disclosures that he exchanged messages with Epstein.