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posted by FatPhil on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the unsafe-at-any-typing-speed dept.

Donald Trump has threatened to shut down NBC and other American networks, saying that they peddle fake news.

"With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!" Mr Trump wrote in a tweet.

Mr Trump's tweet came in response to a story written by NBC, which said that Mr Trump had sought to increase America's nuclear arsenal tenfold after taking a look at a briefing slide that showed stead reduction of the US nuclear arsenal since the 1960s. The story cited three officials who were reportedly in the room when Mr Trump made the comments.

Source: Donald Trump threatens to shut down NBC and other TV news networks that criticise him


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:41PM (3 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:41PM (#584803) Journal

    Trump says a lot of mean and silly things on Twitter. Does that make him a dictator?

    He keeps trying to do things by fiat, but nearly all of them have failed because Congress and the courts have blocked him. Doesn't that mean by definition that he is not a dictator?

    He can't even get his own nominal party to back his policies.

    If he's a dictator, then he's the weakest and most benighted one in history, because he can't seem to manage to do much at all by diktat.

    You can call Trump a lot of things, but you can't call him a dictator because he can't dictate anything.

    Now, if the FBI consents to roll out and arrest the heads of the DNC and RNC and he declares martial law and suspends elections, then he will fit the label of dictator.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:01PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:01PM (#584824) Journal

    He's a dictator. He just sucks at it.

    Being shitty sportsball player doesn't make you NOT a sportsball player...

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 20 2017, @04:23AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday October 20 2017, @04:23AM (#585106) Journal

      Only in the special olympics, my friend. Everywhere else you get cut from the team.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @12:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @12:33AM (#585017)

    If the FBI arrests the heads of the DNC and RNC, then he will fit the label of courageous.