{"id":70838,"date":"2026-09-21T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70838"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:21:53","slug":"trump-says-he-banned-the-media-because-it-is-a-threat-to-national-security-and-must-be-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70838","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He Banned the Media Because it is a &#8216;Threat to National Security and Must Be Stopped&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Donald Trump took a giant leap toward cementing his legacy as the most media averse president in American history. Although he relies on the press to satiate his massive yet fragile ego, he simultaneously despises it for not being constantly obedient and adoring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump Says He Banned the Media Because it is a 'Threat to National Security and Must Be Stopped'%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70838\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Trump Says He Banned the Media Because it is a 'Threat to National Security and Must Be Stopped'%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70838\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-media-money-baby.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Media - ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, FOX\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66619\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These colliding psychoses that plague Trump resulted in his declaration of an unambiguously anti-American, unconstitutional banning of several news organizations that had the audacity to report the truth about him. Proving, once again, that he is a big baby who is scared witless. And with that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were prohibited from covering Trump&#8217;s public appearances at the White House and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70807\" target=\"_blank\">Herr Trump Has Banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico From the White House for Reporting \u2018Fake News\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The backlash from Trump&#8217;s assault on the First Amendment was furious from all quarters. Democrats and some Republicans have condemned Trump&#8217;s actions. Free press advocates have issued statements promising to fight back in court against his censorship. All five TV news networks that provide White House pool coverage of Trump &#8211; ABC, CBS, NBC CNN and Fox News (that&#8217;s right, even Fox News!) &#8211; have announced that they are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/tv-networks-suspend-white-house-pool-protest-trump-cnn-ban-1236871070\/\" target=\"_blank\">suspending coverage of Trump<\/a><\/strong> because of his media ban and trashing of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump himself is undeterred in his crusade against the free press and his determination to suppress all critical opinions of him and his criminal regime. He posted the following <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trumpstruth.org\/statuses\/41826\" target=\"_blank\">comment<\/a><\/strong> on his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70518\" target=\"_blank\">dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America. It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control. It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW! Thank you for your attention to this matter.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of flaming bullshittery stuffed into that brief paragraph. To begin with, Trump doesn&#8217;t <em>&#8220;cherish&#8221;<\/em> the free press. He cherishes free fawning publicity. Furthermore, he is making a ludicrous distinction between the free press and what he calls <em>&#8220;FAKE NEWS.&#8221;<\/em> In his twisted mind any news that is less than wholly worshipful is fake. And anything that he decides is fake is cancerous and corrupt and must be stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s delusions of grandeur have often led him to make bizarre assertions to excuse his atrocities. But in this comment he goes farther than usual. Now he is accusing the media of being <em>&#8220;a threat to our National Security.&#8221;<\/em> Is that a precursor to his outlawing journalists and\/or news networks? His tedious whining about fake news was bad enough, but now he is using the same language to describe media that he doesn&#8217;t like as he does to describe foreign enemies and terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comment shows that he is embracing the authoritarian policies of his idols and mentors, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un, whose friendships he often celebrates. But American is not Russia or China or North Korea. And he is not likely to get away with it. Already the networks that Trump banned have begun their efforts to fight back. As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/09\/21\/politics\/cnn-politico-msnow-sue-white-house-access?cid=ios_app\" target=\"_blank\">reported by CNN<\/a><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8216;This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,&#8217; the three news organizations said in a joint statement on Monday.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s charging that the media constitutes a national security threat is a new tactic that he has begun using in order to impose his tyranny on the nation. After being criticized and ridiculed for his vanity ballroom, Trump said that he added an underground bunker and drone ports so that he could claim it is necessary for national security.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Trump now says that his egomaniacal triumphal arch was modified to include more drone ports, sniper blinds, and munitions storage. Gee, what could go wrong by placing a munitions dump in the middle of a densely populated city where terrorists could blow it up and kill thousands? But for Trump it&#8217;s another excuse to claim that it&#8217;s a national security necessity.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next? Will Trump declare that elections in which he and his MAGA confederates don&#8217;t win is a threat to national security? Will he just declare that the Democratic Party is a threat to national security? Maybe he will declare that the Constitution itself is a national security threat. Which actually is what he is already doing&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After illegally banning CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House, Trump posted an image on his Truth Social propaganda site celebrating his trashing of the First Amendment of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>So I fixed it for him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SvaD3zSqNj\">https:\/\/t.co\/SvaD3zSqNj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/godCNiaGhj\">pic.twitter.com\/godCNiaGhj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsCorpse\/status\/2101746805075795996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Trump has just announced the launch of TRUMP TV. Which appears to be his state media stab at exalting himself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And there it is &#8212;&gt; TRUMP TV!?!<br \/>Now that he has banned real TV, this buffoon thinks that people want to see more of him and his moronic bullshit. ???<\/p>\n<p>And this comes after he has declared that the free press is &quot;a national security threat.&quot;<br \/>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lorfZpkIpL\">https:\/\/t.co\/lorfZpkIpL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oxu6T8hzR4\">https:\/\/t.co\/Oxu6T8hzR4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsCorpse\/status\/2102171686061887916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70786\" target=\"_blank\">Trump RAGES Over Supreme Court Not Bending to His Tyrannical Determination to Rig the Election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70627\" target=\"_blank\">Wannabe Fascist Dictator Trump is Reporting Meet the Press Host to His FCC \u2013 For \u2018Punishment\u2019?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70501\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Mulls Declaring a National Emergency to Rig Elections, Says \u2018Stranger Things Have Happened\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/newscorpse.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Donald Trump took a giant leap toward cementing his legacy as the most media averse president in American history. Although he relies on the press to satiate his massive yet fragile ego, he simultaneously despises it for not being constantly obedient and adoring. 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