US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026.
Trump says US networks that refused to broadcast speech should lose license
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday called on broadcasting licenses to be withdrawn from networks refusing to carry live his prime-time speech on election fraud, implying baselessly that they are involved in attempts to rig elections.
"They and others in the media are part of a plot. Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses. They use our public multi-billion-dollar-in-value airwaves for absolutely no money. They pay nothing," he said, calling out ABC and NBC by name.
Trump claims his 2020 election defeat was "rigged," although more than 60 lawsuits produced no ruling establishing fraud capable of changing the outcome, while recounts, audits and his own Justice Department found none.
