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The Guardian - US
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Jeremy Barr

Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses

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Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on 16 November 2025 at Palm Beach international airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images

Facing aggressive questioning from Mary Bruce, an ABC News White House correspondent, about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Donald Trump last week suggested a form of punishment he thought would be appropriate for her “crappy company”: the Federal Communications Commission should revoke ABC’s license, the US president declared.

It wasn’t the first time he has done so. As he has sought redress for what he has considered to be unfair reporting about him and his administration, Trump has suggested at least 28 times over the last eight years that a television network should lose its license, according to analysis by the Guardian.

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