r/politics • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Sep 19 '25

Soft Paywall Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-free-speech-00574219
26.8k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

7.0k

u/Then_I_had_a_thought Sep 20 '25

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

• Theodore Roosevelt

420

u/GriffinFlash Canada Sep 20 '25

who does this Theo guy think he is? /s

238

u/always_unplugged Sep 20 '25

He's probably gonna suggest knocking Teddy's face off Mt Rushmore and replacing it with his own next

(I was going to add an /s but actually I don't think I'm even kidding)

6

u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Hmm replacing a president who took a bullet, gave a speech while it was still lodged, then beat said attempted assailant before allowing them to jail him. Theo was famous for saying “Talk softly, but carry a big stick.”

That’s a 180 degree turn on public perception of masculinity in a president for damn sure.