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Drudge Hits Trump Over Reporter Ban, Fears Licensing of Reporters

President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room at the White House May 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By Mark Swanson | Wednesday, 09 May 2018 01:14 PM EDT

Matt Drudge isn't keen on President Donald Trump's threat to strip credentials from media outlets that he deems to be "fake news," tweeting his fear of a time when reporters might need to be licensed.

I fear the future result of Trump’s crusade on ‘fake news’ will be licensing of all reporters. [Dems already floated this in the senate pre-Trump.] The mop up on this issue is going to be excruciating...
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 9, 2018

Drudge's tweet was a response to Trump's earlier Wednesday, calling the media "corrupt" and musing that he might need to "take away credentials?" to get more fair coverage.

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