Trump Threatens ABC’s TV License After Reporter’s Questioning

Nov. 18, 2025, 6:11 PM UTC

President Donald Trump says he thinks that ABC should lose its license after an ABC reporter asks him a question about Jeffrey Epstein.

  • “I think the license should be taken away from ABC, because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong,” Trump says at the White House during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

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Yash Roy in Washington at yroy@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Bryan Pietsch at bpietsch3@bloomberg.net;
Kasia Klimasinska at kklimasinska@bloomberg.net

Gabriella Borter

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