Trump rages that media outlets should be charged with 'treason' over Iran war coverage
Source: Raw Story
President Donald Trump raged in a rambling Truth Social post on Sunday that media outlets that write negative stories about the Iran war should be charged with treason.
Trump issued the threat in response to a report by The Wall Street Journal about five U.S. military refueling planes being hit by Iranian forces. The report said the planes were hit at a Saudi airbase. They were damaged, but not totally destroyed, according to the report.
In his post, Trump accused the Iranians of "feeding" the story to the U.S. press.
"The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!" Trump raged in his post. "The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they 'win' are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets."
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2676176921/
The dude is circling the drain. Heâs now calling on people in media to be imprisoned for treason if they donât report on the war to his liking.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T00:11:40.903Z
MadameButterfly
(4,007 posts)Can we run with that?
dweller
(28,278 posts)We can run with that
✌🏻
MadameButterfly
(4,007 posts)But how do get our tribunal?
dweller
(28,278 posts)In November
As long as it takes from then on
✌🏻
MadameButterfly
(4,007 posts)AZ8theist
(7,289 posts)Not only can't spell or pronounce "disseminate", I doubt he even knows the definition of the word.
MadameButterfly
(4,007 posts)he has signed his name to it, yes?
UpInArms
(54,852 posts)Yells and rages at clouds needs a padded cell
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(13,996 posts)RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,006 posts)MadameButterfly
(4,007 posts)These are guys who, having had their world destroyed, will take the world down with them. If the last thing they do is defend the straights of Hormuz, they will do it.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,488 posts)Deuxcents
(26,583 posts)If he put half as much energy into taking care of our economy, our childrens future, our farmers, our infrastructure, our security and pay attention to what his shoot from the hip decisions are doing, he could little time to worry about his image
Skittles
(171,331 posts)oh that's right, it would never happen because THEY would not come even close to the presidency
Talitha
(7,922 posts)Javaman
(65,626 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,529 posts)Youre a nonstop victim. Nobody believes you. Nobody.
GiqueCee
(4,022 posts)... and his mob of miscreants, and deal with the consequences once we've saved the country from him. Otherwise, there won't BE a country to save.
ForeGoneLegsBirne
(44 posts)If South Korea, Britain & France Don't Commit Their Navies to Dig Trump Out of This Mess...I Don't See How Trump Argues He Acted in Good Faith As C-I-C!
Ferrets are Cool
(22,880 posts)slightlv
(7,767 posts)Perhaps after we bring charges of TREASON against HIM for all his false information and outright lies?! /s
Norrrm
(4,852 posts)Oil is flowing freely. Gas is not really higher.
Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President, tells Chuck Todd that the Press Secretary used 'alternative facts' in his first statement to ...
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=kellyanne+conway+facts

AZ8theist
(7,289 posts)For reporting his fake golf championships???
Asking for a friend......
IronLionZion
(51,151 posts)turbinetree
(27,441 posts)that was a act of treason..............but you where given a pass by a federal judge in Florida and by a maga Senate and US Supreme Court.............you have literally blood on your hands.............did your kid Barron sign up to go to your war.............me think not...............just like you...........November cannot get here fast enough...............to lock your ass up along with your cronies..............
liberalgunwilltravel
(1,193 posts)January 6th, 2021.
SergeStorms
(20,469 posts)remember, there's 3 fingers pointing back at you.
Never has this been so true as with the Big, Orange, Fascist, Pig.
liberalgunwilltravel
(1,193 posts)And it can only occur during war. So is this a war or an excursion? BTW, its not treason to report the truth, but it is sedition to attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. See January 6, 2021.
Vinca
(53,851 posts)I say we charge him with treason 40,000+ times over.
LetMyPeopleVote
(178,988 posts)When wars are going well, administrations tend not to whine incessantly about media coverage and threaten independent news organizations.
When wars are going well, administrations tend not to whine incessantly about media coverage and threaten independent news organizations.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-16T12:12:00.037Z
Someone ought to let Trump, Hegseth, and Carr know.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-gives-away-the-game-with-its-crusade-against-media-coverage-of-the-iran-war
A day later, a different controversial figure in the administration went considerably further. MS NOW reported:
President Donald Trumps Federal Communications Commission chairman is threatening to revoke the licenses of news broadcasters over their coverage of the Iran war.
Brendan Carr, the head of the agency, warned broadcast news organizations on Saturday to correct course, following the presidents rants over news coverage of his war with Iran, including stories about U.S. aircraft tankers sustaining damage in a strike.
In a social media message that neglected to refer to any specific media outlets or real-world examples, Carr wrote, Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions also known as the fake news have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.....
Soon after, during a brief Q-and-A with reporters on Air Force One, Trump went on to suggest that reporting on the war in Iran that he disapproved of deserves to be seen as pretty criminal.
Trump: "It's pretty criminal because our media companies who have no credibility whatsoever are putting out information that they know is false, and it's a very dangerous thing for the country. I think they could be in serious jeopardy."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-16T01:07:50.450Z
It came on the heels of the president also promoting an online graphic in which he claimed credit for reshaping American journalism.
First Amendment something something
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T19:57:02.245Z
In an online statement, the FCCs lone Democratic commissioner, Anna Gomez, explained, The FCC can issue threats all day long, but it is powerless to carry them out. Such threats violate the First Amendment and will go nowhere. Broadcasters should continue covering the news, fiercely and independently, without fear of government pressure.....
But stepping back, theres another element to this thats worth keeping in mind as the third week of the war advances: When wars are going well, administrations tend not to find it necessary to whine incessantly about media coverage and threaten independent news organizations.
If Trump and his team were feeling confident and optimistic about the mission and its objectives, the president and his acolytes probably wouldnt be engaged in the kind of hysterical press complaints were seeing now.
republianmushroom
(22,266 posts)should be charged with crimes against humanity.
City Lights
(25,728 posts)with no understanding of their meaning.
He boasted that he wasn't going to learn Spanish. Well, Rapist, you struggle with English.