Trump raises license loss while answering a late-night question
Asked about Carr and other late-night hosts, Trump suggested license loss for networks giving him negative coverage and deferred to Carr. [White House press pool / The American Presidency Project]
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Asked about Carr and other late-night hosts, Trump suggested license loss for networks giving him negative coverage and deferred to Carr. [White House press pool / The American Presidency Project]
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media-attack · threat · authoritarian-rhetoric
Authoritarian rationale: unfavorable coverage used to justify removing broadcast permission. [White House press pool / The American Presidency Project]
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- Archived original press-pool transcript · White House press pool / The American Presidency ProjectPresidential pool transcript, September 18, 2025
20:14 EDT, out-of-town pool report 16; question about Carr/late-night hosts through free-speech follow-up
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/pool-reports-september-18-2025
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