President Donald Trump is outraged over Sunday night time’s (April 13) episode 60 Minutes and has known as for its community, CBS, to be fined and lose its license to broadcast.
Trump took to Reality Social on Sunday to lash out on the long-running information programme over two particular segments, one about Ukraine and the opposite about Greenland. The President didn’t like what he heard and known as for FCC chairman Brendan Carr to “impose the utmost fines and punishment, which is substantial, for his or her illegal and unlawful habits.”
“Virtually each week, 60 Minutes, which is being sued for Billions of {Dollars} for the fraud they dedicated within the 2024 Presidential Election with their Interview of Failed Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, mentions the identify “TRUMP” in a derogatory and defamatory means, however this Weekend’s “BROADCAST” tops all of them,” Trump wrote.
“They didn’t one, however TWO, main tales on “TRUMP,” one having to do with Ukraine, which I say is a Conflict that might by no means have occurred if the 2020 Election had not been RIGGED, in different phrases, if I had been President and, the opposite story was having to do with Greenland, casting our Nation, as led by me, falsely, inaccurately, and fraudulently,” he continued.
Virtually each week, 60 Minutes, which is being sued for Billions of {Dollars} for the fraud they dedicated within the 2024 Presidential Election with their Interview of Failed Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, mentions the identify “TRUMP” in a derogatory and defamatory means, however this… pic.twitter.com/z7ucpadUEa
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Reality Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) April 14, 2025
Based on Deadline, the 60 Minutes phase on Ukraine featured an interview with the nation’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Throughout the interview, Scott Pelley said that Trump “rewrote historical past, saying, falsely, that Ukraine had began the warfare” earlier than exhibiting a clip of Trump referring to Zelensky as a “dictator.”
The phase on Greenland noticed Jon Wertheim chatting with residents about their ideas on the U.S. doubtlessly annexing the nation. Many had been against the concept, with Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen saying, “Greenland is for Greenlanders, not for anyone else.”
Trump, who stated he’s “so honored to be suing 60 Minutes, CBS Faux Information, and Paramount,” added, “They aren’t a “Information Present,” however a dishonest Political Operative merely disguised as “Information,” and have to be chargeable for what they’ve carried out, and are doing. They need to lose their license!”
“Hopefully, the Federal Communications Fee (FCC), as headed by its Extremely Revered Chairman, Brendan Carr, will impose the utmost fines and punishment, which is substantial, for his or her illegal and unlawful habits,” he concluded. “CBS is uncontrolled, at ranges by no means seen earlier than, and they need to pay an enormous worth for this.”
Trump is presently suing CBS over the best way 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris within the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. The President claims the community edited the interview in a means that made Harris look higher.
Whereas the community has denied this, Paramount International, the father or mother of CBS, has reportedly chosen a mediator to attempt to come to a settlement. This comes as Paramount International is hoping to merge with Skydance, which requires regulatory approval from the Trump administration.
60 Minutes, Sundays, 7/6 c, CBS