Was trump a part of the us government?

While the right cries about twitter and facebook blocking free speech, that they have the right to do, trump was trying to censor Jimmy Kimmel by reaching out to ABC.
And, he tried to censor Chrissy Teigan by reaching out to twitter.🤔
These we are aware of. How many others did he try to silence?
He is what the first amendment is supposed to protect us from.

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ElwoodBlues · M

Trump could dish it out, but he really couldn't take it. Here's what I have on Trump's attempts to use the Office of the President to silence Jimmy Kimmel.

[quote]President Donald Trump was reportedly so livid over Jimmy Kimmel’s TV jokes that he ordered White House officials to get the late night host muzzled.

Trump, for his part, has long raged at comics making jokes about him, attacking Kimmel, “Saturday Night Live,” Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and more.

The Daily Beast reported in 2021 that Trump during his presidency asked the Justice Department to investigate late night comics who made fun of him, and asked advisors if the Federal Communications Commission or courts could stop the jokes.

Rolling Stone reported on Sunday that there were at least two phone calls to a top Disney executive to demand action against Kimmel in 2018. Disney is the parent company of ABC, which airs “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

One unnamed former senior Trump administration official told the magazine that Trump felt Kimmel was being “very dishonest and doing things that [Trump] would have once sued over.”
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[b]https://news.yahoo.com/trump-reportedly-ordered-white-house-063931349.html [/b]

Carla · 61-69, F

@ElwoodBlues
That was just kimmel.
He went after snl too.
Who knows what other people he went for.

Most bullies can not even handle the smallest slight.
I would hate to see his enemies list and his chosen retribution for each on that list🙁

ElwoodBlues · M

@Carla It seems Ron DeSantis is pretty high on Trump's 'enemies list' these days, [b]LOL!!![/b]

Carla · 61-69, F

@ElwoodBlues he's an easy mark.