Trump claims threat to revoke NBC broadcast license over news coverage

President Donald Trump posts on Twitter threatening to revoke NBC's broadcast license after the network reports he sought a tenfold increase in U.S. nuclear weapons. Trump writes: "With 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!" FCC Chair Ajit Pai declines to investigate. Legal experts note that the president has no direct authority to revoke licenses — only the FCC can do that — but the tweets demonstrate the White House can publicly pressure the agency. The episode draws direct comparisons to Nixon's 1973 license challenges against Washington Post stations and establishes Trump's willingness to use licensing as a political weapon.