Trump Expands Free Speech To Include Only Agreement
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that journalists may continue saying anything they want, provided every word confirms that he is correct, victorious and historically well lit. The reform followed Trump’s demand that the Federal Communications Commission issue a “rebuke or punishment” to NBC moderator Kristen Welker for describing his 2026 primary endorsement record as producing “mixed results,” a phrase administration officials said recklessly combined observable wins with documented losses. NBC defended Welker, asserting the obsolete position that arithmetic remains protected speech even when its answer disappoints the president.
“The First Amendment is very strong, maybe the strongest amendment ever written, and it clearly guarantees the president perfect coverage from everybody,” Trump said. “The Founders loved endorsements, they never had mixed results, and George Washington would have immediately punished NBC for using a nasty adjective like that.” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was expected to determine whether Welker’s wording exceeded the federally permitted level of presidential discomfort and whether broadcasters must install a seven-second delay to prevent unfavorable facts from reaching viewers before regulators can replace them with compliments.
Under the proposed Accuracy Through Agreement standard, news organizations would retain full editorial independence among several government-approved descriptions, including “historic triumph,” “flawless mandate,” “another total victory” and “sir, your endorsement has healed the republic.” The phrase “mixed results” would be classified as hazardous broadcast material alongside obscenity, fraudulent emergency alerts and any poll in which Trump’s approval rating contains numbers. White House officials emphasized that the policy is not censorship, because censorship occurs when private companies moderate conservatives, while presidential requests for federal punishment are simply premium constituent service for one unusually important constituent. Americans therefore remain completely free to criticize the government, so long as the criticism praises Donald Trump.
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