Calls for 'retribution' against NBC and SNL over satire, says it 'should be looked into'

After Saturday Night Live aired a sketch mocking his national-emergency declaration, Trump tweeted that there was 'Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC!' and asked how the networks 'get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution,' adding that it was 'Very unfair and should be looked into.' Commentators noted that a sitting president publicly suggesting government scrutiny or 'retribution' against a broadcaster for satirizing him is a departure from established norms protecting political speech. The New York Times observed that no president in decades had publicly threatened 'retribution' against a network for satire. Trump framed the sketch as 'the real Collusion' and separately posted that 'THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!'

"Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC! Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? Likewise for many other shows? Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!" Quote verified against source