Since last Friday alone, U.S. President Donald Trump called a female reporter “ piggy ,” lambasted another reporter for questions that she asked during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and appeared to endorse the idea that congressional Democrats should be executed over public statements they made encouraging U.S. troops to uphold their oath to the Constitution and refuse any unlawful orders.
U.S. President Donald Trump has a long and well-documented history of launching incendiary rhetorical attacks against the press and his political opponents. But rights groups warn that the president’s anti-free speech crusade reached an alarming and dangerous new level this week, raising grave concerns about the potentially rippling consequences for reporters and freedom of expression more generally.
U.S. President Donald Trump has a long and well-documented history of launching incendiary rhetorical attacks against the press and his political opponents. But rights groups warn that the president’s anti-free speech crusade reached an alarming and dangerous new level this week, raising grave concerns about the potentially rippling consequences for reporters and freedom of expression more generally
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