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US President Donald Trump talks to journalists aboard the Air Force, going to a state visit to Britain, September 16, 2025.
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President Donald Trump On Thursday, he suggested that the federal government could withdraw the licenses of broadcast networks that “against” it.
Trump’s comment came every other day after ABC struck on the air “Jimmy Kimmel Live! “The show is out of the comment Charlie Kirk to Trump’s movement.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brandan Carr Earlier on Wednesday it hinted that the ABC broadcast license is a subsidiary Dysne – There was a risk if it weren’t for “take action on Kimmel.”
Speaking on Thursday with journalists on the Air Force, Trump said: “I read somewhere that the networks were 97% against me, again, 97% negative, and yet I won and easily, all seven states, citing my elections in 2024.
“They give me only bad advertising, the press. I mean they are getting a license,” Trump said, Audio reports from the press -shaped press.
“I think they may need their license,” Trump said.
The president said the decision “would depend on Brandon Car”.
Trump specifically referred to the criticism he received from Kimmel and CBS, the leading talk show Stephen Colbert.
“Listen, you should also talk about licensing,” Trump said.
“If you have a network and you have an evening show and all they do is hit Trump,” he said. “That’s all they do. If you come back, I suppose they didn’t have conservatives over the years or anything, someone said.”
“But when you go back, look, everything they do is hit Trump. They are licensed. They are not allowed to do it. They are the Democratic Party hand,” he said.
On Thursday, Carr told “Squawk on CNBC Street that” we have not yet made “with changes to the” media -ecosystem “, which are the consequences of Trump’s election.
“I think Brandan Car is a great, he is a patriot,” said Trump, who highlighted Carr to his position.
“He loves our country and he’s a tough guy. So he will have to see.”
Translation of networks -related television stations, including ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, must receive a FCC license for operation as their content is transmitted by air, and technically free for viewers while they have antenna.
This contrasts with cable television networks, whose subscribers pay distributors to view.
– CNBC Lillian Ritz They contributed to this story.
Disclosure: Comcast – a parent company NBCuniversal owned by CNBC. Versant will become a new CNBC maternal company on the planned Spinof Versant Comcast.
