President Trump Calls for Networks Who Boycotted National Address to LOSE Their FCC Licenses

President Trump is demanding accountability for the major news networks who refused to air his speech tonight.

As we previously reported, both ABC and NBC News did not cover tonight’s presidential address.

We reported on their boycott further here:

PANIC MODE? Two Major Networks REFUSE To Air President Trump’s National Address

Later, CNN also jumped onboard.

In a statement, they said that they would not air President Trump’s address live.

Several major news broadcasters will not carry President Trump’s speech on Thursday evening, spokespeople for these networks confirmed.

ABC News, NBC News and CNN will carry the president’s remarks on separate streaming platforms or editorial live updates.

Trump has teased “big news” ahead of this speech, in which he is expected to address his previous unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to former President Joe Biden.

A spokesperson for CNN said that the network will monitor Trump’s remarks as a “news event,” coupled with analysis and commentary from experts in elections, intelligence and the FBI.

“A live feed of the speech, alongside analysis and expert commentary, will be available on CNN-dot-com and available on CNN’s All Access streaming platform,” the spokesperson noted.

This latest move by the fake news media appears to have irked President Trump as much as the rest of us because he took time during his speech to directly address the matter.

He called these propaganda networks out by name and demanded that their FCC broadcasting licenses be revoked immediately!

Watch this for yourself:

🚨 NOW: President Trump demands the FCC broadcast licenses be REVOKED from the networks like ABC and NBC refusing to air his speech tonight

"Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses!" 🔥

"They use our public multi-billion dollar in value airways for absolutely… pic.twitter.com/9zOZCFAAbE

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 17, 2026

NOW: President Trump demands the FCC broadcast licenses be REVOKED from the networks like ABC and NBC refusing to air his speech tonight

“Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses!” 🔥

“They use our public multi-billion dollar in value airways for absolutely no money. They pay nothing.”

“In a rare move, NBC and ABC fake news have both said that they would not cover this speech. They knew what it was about because of the fact that they don’t like the topic because they know how corrupt our system is and they don’t want to reveal it. But they and others in the media are part of a plot!”

“They want to continue this fraud for whatever reason. They want to keep it going. They want to protect the radical left.”

“They can’t have a great country. And that’s true. You can’t have a great country without free and fair elections.”

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Notably, one of the other “big” news networks, CBS News, did air President Trump’s speech, but only partially.

They cut away before he was finished — right after President Trump called for other networks to lose their broadcast licenses.

The New York Post added:

CBS News aired part of President Trump’s prime-time speech on election fraud Thursday night, joining in late and cutting out before it finished.

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Before switching over to the president, CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil explained: “Much of what the President has said on [security of American elections] has been false.”

“There is an argument that it’s irresponsible to air the president’s speech tonight. But this speech will be made. It will be news. And it’s our job to cover the news,” Dokoupil said.