{"id":427888,"date":"2017-10-12T07:14:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T07:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/trump-threatens-broadcaster-nbc-after-nuclear-report\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T07:14:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T07:14:55","slug":"trump-threatens-broadcaster-nbc-after-nuclear-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/trump-threatens-broadcaster-nbc-after-nuclear-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports.<\/p>\n<p>He took aim at NBC, which made him a star on The Apprentice, after it reported he wanted to boost America\u2019s nuclear arsenal almost tenfold.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump labelled the report \u201cfake news\u201d and \u201cpure fiction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>NBC also angered the White House last week when it said the secretary of state had called Mr Trump \u201ca moron\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning: \u201cWith all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Washington later in the day, the US president denied the NBC story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write, and people should look into it,\u201d he said at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he wanted to increase the country\u2019s arsenal, Mr Trump said he only ever discussed keeping it in \u201cperfect condition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I want to have absolutely perfectly maintained \u2013 which we are in the process of doing \u2013 nuclear force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when they said I want 10 times what we have right now, it\u2019s totally unnecessary, believe me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI want modernisation and I want total rehabilitation. It\u2019s got to be in tip-top shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defence Secretary Jim Mattis also disputed NBC\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent reports that the President called for an increase in the US nuclear arsenal are absolutely false,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of erroneous reporting is irresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268370-729827806\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268370\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/starrwoman_posts.jpg\" alt=\"Starr Woman \u2013 Inside Posts\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports. He took aim at NBC, which made him a star on The Apprentice, after it reported he wanted to boost America\u2019s nuclear arsenal almost tenfold. Mr Trump labelled the report \u201cfake news\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/trump-threatens-broadcaster-nbc-after-nuclear-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports. 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