President Trump on Thursday said the US government might take broadcast licenses away from news networks that are mostly “against” him.
It came just a day after the president cheered ABC’s decision to pull late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel – who has a long history of anti-Trump remarks – off the air “indefinitely” after he insinuated that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer was linked to Trump’s “MAGA” movement.
“I have read someplace that the networks were 97% against me again, 97% negative, and yet I won and easily, all 7 swing states,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, referring to his 2024 presidential win.
President Trump boards Air Force One on Thursday. Getty Images
“They’re 97% against, they give me only bad press. They’re getting a license,” he continued.
“I would think maybe their