U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he and Apple CEO Tim Cook

The Walt Disney Company is reportedly gearing up for a potential legal battle with President Donald Trump's administration over the reinstatement of late night host Jimmy Kimmel (who was briefly suspended last week).

That's according to a Wednesday article in Bloomberg, which reported that inside sources at the company have already started consulting legal experts about what a protracted war in the courts with the White House could look like. Bloomberg's sources told the outlet that Disney is "confident it will win" in the event it has to go toe-to-toe with Trump.

Fears of a legal battle with the White House may be more pronounced following Trump's ominous threat posted to social media just prior to Kimmel's Tuesday night episode. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that he was considering suing ABC (which is owned by Disney) over Kimmel's return, pointing out that the company told him that the show was "cancelled."

"He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do," Trump wrote. "Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers!"

The Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, Brendan Carr, had previously threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC affiliates who aired Kimmel's show, after the comedian criticized "the MAGA gang" for trying to "score political points" off of the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk. But former ABC television president Preston Padden told Bloomberg that Carr's threat was blatantly unconstitutional.

"Under our Constitution and the Communications Act, you cannot lose your FCC license for broadcasting something the president doesn’t like," Padden said.

Trump hasn't yet formally announced any legal action against ABC, though the president is correct in that he was able to force a settlement out of the company after Trump sued over comments made by George Stephanopoulos. The longtime ABC journalist said Trump had been found guilty of sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll in 2023, though the verdict was for sexual abuse and not assault, and was a civil case rather than criminal. U.S. District Judge Lewis F. Kaplan later clarified that the sexual abuse verdict was virtually equivalent to sexual assault.

Click here to read Bloomberg's full report.