Trump Calls for US Regulator to Clalamp Down on Critical Media

United States President Donald Trump Has Suggested That Regulators Clamp down on Critical Media.

The Call Came on Throlsday Evening As Trump Continueed to Relish in the Consension of Jimmy Kimmel. The backlash against media and others demed to he disrespectful regarding the killing of conservatives charlie kirk has raissed that free speech is under Attack.

Kimmel’s late-night talk show was taken off the air on wednesday, with critics pointing to comments he made About Kirk’s Murder. The Comedian has, in the past, regularly lampoated Trump.

“He made a total fool of Himself,” Trump Wrote on HIS Social Platform, Reposting A Clip from Last Year’s Academy Awards in WhitMel took Aim at the US Leader.

Earlier in the Day, Trump Said Kimmel was Fired Because and Said A “Horrible Thing About a Great Gentleman Known as Charlie Kirk”.

Trump Told Reporters on His Return from Visitting the United Kingdom that the federal communications commission (FCC) – WHICH REGULATES ALL BROADCASTS IN THE US – SHOULD CONSIDENT REMOVING THE LICENSES OF BROADCASTERS WHO “HIT Trump”.

“I WOULD THINK MAYBE THEIR LICENCE SHOULD BE EKE AWAY,” Trump Said, Though Federal Law Prohibits the FCC Revoking A Broadcaster’s License for Negative Coverage or Speech Distemed by the Government.

“It will be up to (FCC Chair) Brendan Carr,” Trump Added.

The Disney-Awned ABC Network Removed the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show from Programming Indefinitely on wednesday after an opening monologue by kimmel in which “The Maga Gang” was trying to “Score politics points” from Kirk’s Death.

Disney Made the Move after the fcc’s Carr-a Trump Appointee-appeared to imply on a right-wing podcast that kimmel’s remarks Had Put Disney’s License in Jeopardy.

“This is a Very, Very Serious Issue Right Now for Disney,” Carr Said.

“They have a license grant by us at the fcc, and that comes with an obligation to operate in the public interest.”

Kimmel was Due to Meet with Three Disney Network Executives to Discuss the Fate of His Show, Bloomberg News Reported on Thursday.

The Comedian is the latest in a growing list of media figures, Journists and News Organizations to Face Trump’s Wrath in the Form of Lawsuits and Personal Locations.

In July, CBS Said the Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wauld Go off Air in 2026, Days AFTER COLITICED CBS’S PARENT COMPANY, PARAMOUNT, FOR A $ 16M SETTLEMENT IN A CASE WITH Trump.

ABC News ALSO AGREED TO PAY $ 15M Over Inaccurate on-Air Comments Made by anchor that Trump Had Been Found “LABLE FOR RAPING” WRITER and Jean Carroll. Trump Had, in Fact, Been Found LAable for Sexual Abuse. More recently, Trump is bringing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the new York Times and the Wall Street Journal for their Coverage of His Relationship with High Flying Financial and Convicted Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In another Truth Post on Wednesday, Trump SEEMED TO SUGGEST FURTERTER SUSPENSIONS OF LATE-NIGHT COMEDIANS, NAMELY PLANT NBC HOSTS.

“That Leaves Jimmy and Set, Two Total Loes, on Fake News NBC,” The President Said, Refring to Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.

“Their ratings are Also Horrible. DO I NBC !!!”

Democratic Party Lawmakers Are Now Pushing to Pass a New Bill, Called the No Political Enemies Act, which they have in part credited to kimmel’s suspension.

The Bill Aims to Deter Officials from Retaliating Against Free Speech and Provides Tools for Those Targeted by the Government, Acciting to A Legislative Summary, Though it is unikly to pass the Republic-Controlled Congress.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has Also Called for Carr’s Resignation from the FCC in A Social Media Post on Thursday, before Railing the Trump Administration in a News Conference Announcing the Bill.

“First, Let’s Be Very Clear: Political Violence has no place in America,” Schumer Said.

“But let’s allsoure: The Trump Administration Campaign of Threats Against Civil Society and Free Speech… is an assault on Everything Country Has Stood the Constitution was signed,” Schumer Said.

“There’s an an assault on democracy coming Out of the White House and their allies, and we see more Every Day,” he said.

Brendan Carr Should Resign Immediately, or Trump Should Fire Him. Pic.twitter.com/bow6H1zsfy

– Chuck Schumer (@senschumer) September 18, 2025