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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that he has often praised.

On Wednesday, Trump cheered ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after the comedian made remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk that criticized the president’s MAGA movement: “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

It was the latest in a string of attacks against news outlets and media figures he believes are overly critical of him. Trump has filed lawsuits against outlets whose coverage he dislikes, threatened to revoke TV broadcast licenses and sought to bend news organizations and social media companies to his will.

The tactics are similar to those used by leaders in other countries who have chipped away at speech freedoms and independent media while consolidating political power, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close Trump ally whose leadership style is revered by many conservatives in the U.S.

“What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government,” said Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College. “Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say.”

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago

This is honestly probably the closest APNews has come to saying it

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Mirror"

"trying to dictate"

fucking unbelievable

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I swear to gods I’m gonna read an article in two weeks describing how Jon Oliver was thrown from a helicopter in his final show and it will characterize Trumps behavior as “troublingly close to Pinochet”

Oh wow good thing he’s not an actual authoritarian leader.

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