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bigtree

(94,338 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:15 AM 4 hrs ago

Never seen a U.S. president 'order' the press to retract a report before

...if this was allowed, everything written that the govt disagreed with would be subject to this imperial edict.

Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh
Trump says the United States is investigating a statement republished by CNN World News to see if a crime was committed, and the President is “order[ing]” CNN to retract and withdraw the story.

Not how it works in a free country.






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Never seen a U.S. president 'order' the press to retract a report before (Original Post) bigtree 4 hrs ago OP
Touchy, fragile little toddler. UnAmerican. Walleye 4 hrs ago #1
Is he going to write dweller 4 hrs ago #2
"Kash, put the CNN CEO in the Metropolitan Detention Center" dalton99a 4 hrs ago #3
Since when are official presidential policies broadcast on minor social media websites? FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #4
Many real Americans don't want to have anything to do with that site. mwmisses4289 1 hr ago #11
Exactly right FakeNoose 1 hr ago #13
WHOOPY FUCKING DO!! bluestarone 4 hrs ago #5
Will he threaten to blow up their headquarters? leftstreet 4 hrs ago #6
I hope he does. mercuryblues 2 hrs ago #9
he's going to have to evilhime 2 hrs ago #7
So tell us exactly what you agreed to Donnie. Mblaze 2 hrs ago #8
Have you ever noticed he never mentions exactly "WHO" is doing the investigation? Ray Bruns 1 hr ago #10
It's like his whole mwmisses4289 1 hr ago #12

Walleye

(44,942 posts)
1. Touchy, fragile little toddler. UnAmerican.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:18 AM
4 hrs ago

Is he going to start bombing CNN now probably

dweller

(28,461 posts)
2. Is he going to write
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:21 AM
4 hrs ago

An EO ordering cnn to retract a story ?
Who is doing the ordering ?

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FakeNoose

(41,750 posts)
4. Since when are official presidential policies broadcast on minor social media websites?
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:26 AM
4 hrs ago

I believe Truth Social should be banned to publishing governmental policies. Most Americans will never have access to it. It should be forbidden for federal officials to use it for anything except celebrity gossip and pet photos.

mwmisses4289

(4,257 posts)
11. Many real Americans don't want to have anything to do with that site.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 01:23 PM
1 hr ago

And wasn't there something a couple of months ago about how both his site and twitter are basically infested with bots? That basically many of the so called "followers" on both sites don't really exist?

FakeNoose

(41,750 posts)
13. Exactly right
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 01:28 PM
1 hr ago

And it's all the more reason that REAL news media (such as CNN) should never publicize information that appears on Truth Social. It should be ignored and treated as "fake news" only.

mercuryblues

(16,440 posts)
9. I hope he does.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:43 PM
2 hrs ago

CNN will end up with free satellite service and raises for all the employees. Trump will get a set of CNN covfefe mugs.

Win-win.

mwmisses4289

(4,257 posts)
12. It's like his whole
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 01:26 PM
1 hr ago

Obamas-birth-certificate-isnt-real investigation. We'll have the results in two weeks!

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