Brendan Carr’s FCC Eyes Trump’s Media Foes

Sooner or later, Republicans will learn to regret the precedents they’re enabling today.

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Then–President-elect Donald Trump speaks to Brendan Carr as he attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, November 19, 2024.

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Perhaps it’s because the president has quarantined himself on his own proprietary social-media platform. Maybe it’s because his posts on that venue rarely reflect his administration’s policies. Regardless, in Donald Trump’s second term, it has become easier to ignore his late-night online musings.

Just last night, for example, the president typed out a missive in which he called for the prosecution of Beyoncé Knowles, Oprah Winfrey, and Al Sharpton based on his claim that they were paid enormous sums by the Kamala Harris campaign for their support — expenses he claims were “incorrectly stated in the books” and “illegal.” Trump has said as much before. In fact, he’s previously leveled that same accusation against Bruce Springsteen and U2 frontman Bono, even though the latter didn’t even endorse Harris in 2024.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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