“I would think maybe their license should be taken away,” Trump said. “It will be up to [Federal Communications Commission chief] Brendan Carr.”

US federal law prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from revoking a broadcaster’s licence for negative coverage or other speech disliked by the government.

Not ‘the last shoe to drop’, says US federal broadcasting chief

“The key point is these were local TV stations, licensed by the FCC, that have a public interest obligation to serve their local community; they pushed back on Disney.”

“That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!”

Trump administration ‘silencing its critics’

“After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like,” Obama said in a statement.