Trump turns on the media as Illegal War in Iran becomes quagmire

Escalating tensions between Donald Trump and the US media over coverage of the Iran war are raising alarm among free speech advocates, as threats to revoke broadcast licences highlight growing concerns about press freedom during wartime.

Trump threatens media over Iran war coverage

Sweet Jesus, this is insane, Trump turns on his own media because they are telling the truth about his illegal war with Iran…

Trump administration threatens media outlets over Iran war coverage

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The head of the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees US media outlets, has warned that some broadcasters risk losing their licenses over their news coverage of the Iran war. Brendan Carr – a Trump appointee – wrote in a social media post that broadcasters must operate in the public interest and those that are running hoaxes and fake news have the chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. Free speech groups blasted Carr’s warning, calling it outrageous.

Why press freedom concerns are growing

…I told you Trump was a fascist.

That the FBI are now investigating Joe Kent is the ultimate in fascist behaviour…

Joe Kent, ex-Trump counterterrorism chief who resigned over Iran war, under FBI investigation for alleged leaks

Threatening your own media  for daring to criticise an irrational and illegal war is pure Trump fascism, those who have supported him and acquiesced  to him are traitors to Democracy…

How the Iran war is becoming a quagmire

…the Iran War is Trump’s worst blunder and threatening his Media won’t gloss over that fact.

Netanyahu’s long-running Iran nuclear claims

For almost 40 years, Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is mere moments away from building a nuclear bomb requiring the West to attack Iran.

He claimed this in a Knesset speech in 1992.

He claimed it in a book in 1995.

He claimed it in a US Congress speech in 1996.

He claimed it in a congressional delegation in 2009.

He claimed it at the UN General Assembly in 2012.

He claimed it in a 2015 speech to the US Congress.

He claimed it again in 2018.

And he claimed it last year in numerous 2025 media interviews.

There is no intelligence whatsoever that the bloody Iranians were about to build a nuclear weapon.

Why critics say the war was always a risk

None — and no American administration over those 40 years were stupid enough to get conned into a war with Iran because every single time their CIA Geeks and Military Goons war game out a fight, it always ends in a bloodbath massacre with regional wars, an Iranian Civil war, a couple of American capital ships sunk, Global energy prices exploding and a Refugee crisis that swamps Turkey.

The greatest danger from Trump illegally kidnapping the Venezuelan president and annexing their oil was the self belief that he could get away with ignoring the rules-based order.

Trump has horribly miscalculated that Iranian religious zealots could be as bullied and bribed as a corrupt revolutionary government.

They are a theocracy who welcome death, you can’t bribe or threaten them the way you could with a corrupt Venezuelan regime.

Global consequences: oil, conflict and instability

Trump and Bibi killed the new Ayatollah’s dad, brother and wife, he wants revenge and the pound of flesh he will demand is $200 a barrel oil.

In his impatience and haste to bully Venezuela, Iran and Cuba into symbolic capitulation, so he could hold their scalps up in time for the opening of the FIFA World Cup before the midterms, Trump has blundered into an Iranian trap that ratchets up every time he thrashes around.

To paraphrase 1990’s supergroup, Destiny’s Child:

“I do not believe we are ready for this jelly”

When governments start threatening the media during wartime, the danger isn’t just the conflict itself — it’s the erosion of the very accountability that keeps power in check.