Trump rages that media outlets should be charged with 'treason' over Iran war coverage

[highplainsdem]

Source: Raw Story

President Donald Trump raged in a rambling Truth Social post on Sunday that media outlets that write negative stories about the Iran war should be charged with treason.

Trump issued the threat in response to a report by The Wall Street Journal about five U.S. military refueling planes being hit by Iranian forces. The report said the planes were hit at a Saudi airbase. They were damaged, but not totally destroyed, according to the report.

In his post, Trump accused the Iranians of "feeding" the story to the U.S. press.

"The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!" Trump raged in his post. "The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they 'win' are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets."

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2676176921/

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The dude is circling the drain. He’s now calling on people in media to be imprisoned for treason if they don’t report on the war to his liking.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T00:11:40.903Z

[MadameButterfly]

1. He says it's "treason" to disseminate false information?

Can we run with that?

[dweller]

5. Every accusation is a confession

We can run with that



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[MadameButterfly]

7. Agreed

But how do get our tribunal?

[dweller]

8. We begin

In November
As long as it takes from then on



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[MadameButterfly]

29. Oh, that would be sweet

[AZ8theist]

18. He didn't write that...

Not only can't spell or pronounce "disseminate", I doubt he even knows the definition of the word.

[MadameButterfly]

30. Good point but, for legal purposes

he has signed his name to it, yes?

[UpInArms]

2. Demented child rapist

Yells and rages at clouds … needs a padded cell

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. Crazy

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

4. Just wait until the pullout TACO. It will be like Afghanistan on steroids, and it's all on you & your warmongering buds!

[MadameButterfly]

32. I'm not sure pulling out is an option

These are guys who, having had their world destroyed, will take the world down with them. If the last thing they do is defend the straights of Hormuz, they will do it.

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. How about you stop f*cking with our Constitution, assh*le!

[Deuxcents]

9. I'm so sick and tired of this whining and bitching about 💩 he doesn't like. We don't like how he's running the country

If he put half as much energy into taking care of our economy, our children’s future, our farmers, our infrastructure, our security and pay attention to what his shoot from the hip decisions are doing, he could little time to worry about his image

[Skittles]

21. imagine a woman / POC prez behaving like that

oh that's right, it would never happen because THEY would not come even close to the presidency

[Talitha]

10. Quiet, Piggy......

[Javaman]

11. He's having another episode I see nt

[truthisfreedom]

12. Your entire life has been crying wolf

You’re a nonstop victim. Nobody believes you. Nobody.

[GiqueCee]

13. It's time to put and end to this monster...

... and his mob of miscreants, and deal with the consequences once we've saved the country from him. Otherwise, there won't BE a country to save.

[ForeGoneLegsBirne]

16. But Trump is Right .. Treason SHOULD Be Punished. HIS Most of ALL!

If South Korea, Britain & France Don't Commit Their Navies to Dig Trump Out of This Mess...I Don't See How Trump Argues He Acted in Good Faith As C-I-C!

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. Quiet Pedo

[slightlv]

15. Hmmm... shoe, meet the other foot...

brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!

Perhaps after we bring charges of TREASON against HIM for all his false information and outright lies?! /s

[Norrrm]

17. Approved headlines... Did not attack Iran. Did not kill leader. No regime change.

Oil is flowing freely. Gas is not really higher.

Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President, tells Chuck Todd that the Press Secretary used 'alternative facts' in his first statement to ...

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=kellyanne+conway+facts

[AZ8theist]

19. Can Doturd be charged with treason....

For reporting his fake golf championships???

Asking for a friend......

[IronLionZion]

20. Josef Stalin had similar thoughts in the Soviet Union

[turbinetree]

22. Hey Traitor, did you forget by some strange chance what you did on Jan 6, 2020...........

that was a act of treason..............but you where given a pass by a federal judge in Florida and by a maga Senate and US Supreme Court.............you have literally blood on your hands.............did your kid Barron sign up to go to your war.............me think not...............just like you...........November cannot get here fast enough...............to lock your ass up along with your cronies..............

[liberalgunwilltravel]

24. Wrong year

January 6th, 2021.

[SergeStorms]

23. When you start pointing your finger at people....

remember, there's 3 fingers pointing back at you.

Never has this been so true as with the Big, Orange, Fascist, Pig.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

25. Treason has a very specific definition

And it can only occur during war. So is this a war or an “excursion?” BTW, it’s not treason to report the truth, but it is sedition to attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. See January 6, 2021.

[Vinca]

26. If he thinks outlets are not truthful and that's treason, I'd refer him to his daily - hourly - lies about everything.

I say we charge him with treason 40,000+ times over.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. MaddowBlog-Team Trump gives away the game with its crusade against media coverage of the Iran war

When wars are going well, administrations tend not to whine incessantly about media coverage and threaten independent news organizations.

When wars are going well, administrations tend not to whine incessantly about media coverage and threaten independent news organizations.

Someone ought to let Trump, Hegseth, and Carr know.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-16T12:12:00.037Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-gives-away-the-game-with-its-crusade-against-media-coverage-of-the-iran-war

But most important, Hegseth devoted much of his Friday briefing to chastising journalists for covering the war in Iran in ways the administration didn’t like — including whining about on-screen chyrons that used the same language and phrasing that the Defense Department had used in the preceding days.

A day later, a different controversial figure in the administration went considerably further. MS NOW reported:

President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission chairman is threatening to revoke the licenses of news broadcasters over their coverage of the Iran war.

Brendan Carr, the head of the agency, warned broadcast news organizations on Saturday to ‘correct course,’ following the president’s rants over news coverage of his war with Iran, including stories about U.S. aircraft tankers sustaining damage in a strike.

In a social media message that neglected to refer to any specific media outlets or real-world examples, Carr wrote, “Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions — also known as the fake news — have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”....

Soon after, during a brief Q-and-A with reporters on Air Force One, Trump went on to suggest that reporting on the war in Iran that he disapproved of deserves to be seen as “pretty criminal.”

Trump: "It's pretty criminal because our media companies who have no credibility whatsoever are putting out information that they know is false, and it's a very dangerous thing for the country. I think they could be in serious jeopardy."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-16T01:07:50.450Z

It came on the heels of the president also promoting an online graphic in which he claimed credit for “reshaping” American journalism.

First Amendment something something

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T19:57:02.245Z

In an online statement, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, Anna Gomez, explained, “The FCC can issue threats all day long, but it is powerless to carry them out. Such threats violate the First Amendment and will go nowhere. Broadcasters should continue covering the news, fiercely and independently, without fear of government pressure.”....

But stepping back, there’s another element to this that’s worth keeping in mind as the third week of the war advances: When wars are going well, administrations tend not to find it necessary to whine incessantly about media coverage and threaten independent news organizations.

If Trump and his team were feeling confident and optimistic about the mission and its objectives, the president and his acolytes probably wouldn’t be engaged in the kind of hysterical press complaints we’re seeing now.

[tonekat]

33. Carr will be the next trump cabinet member...

Who will have to go hide on a military base.

[republianmushroom]

28. trump and his Sec. of the Dept of War

should be charged with crimes against humanity.

[City Lights]

31. The idiot sure throws around a lot of words

with no understanding of their meaning.

He boasted that he wasn't going to learn Spanish. Well, Rapist, you struggle with English.