How Trump’s war on the media is expected to ramp up in his second term - sh.itjust.works

> Donald Trump’s second term promises to deliver historic threats to US press freedom – directly from the Oval Office. > > The president-elect made it clear during the campaign that he had the press in his sights. He told a rally on the eve of the election that he “wouldn’t mind” if an assassin shot the journalists standing in front of him. > > Ahead of the election, he also signalled his desire to jail journalists, hunt down their confidential sources, cancel the broadcast licences of major networks and criminalise work to counter disinformation.