US President Donald Trump is celebrating the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and has floated revoking the licences of television networks that are "against" him.

His remarks will inflame the debate over whether Trump and Republicans are infringing free speech as they seek to punish critics of murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Trump, speaking during a state visit to Britain on Thursday, said Kimmel had been punished for saying "a horrible thing" about Kirk, who was a close political ally of the president.

Broadcaster ABC announced on Wednesday that it was yanking Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely.

Writers, performers, former US president Barack Obama and other prominent Democrats condemned Kimmel's suspension as a capitulation to unconstitutional govern

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