We're going down the same path
Freedom of speech in America is just a big lie. Since Jan 2025, the Trump administration has:
- Arrested activist and permanent US resident Mahmoud Khalil - a Columbia University graduate known for his pro-Palestinian protests - and threatened to deport him
- Threatened to remove federal funding from universities that allowed what Trump called "illegal protests"
- Censored key words on federal websites and paused related research
- Called major news outlets “fake news” and “enemies of the people”
- Used lawsuits and baseless claims to silence critics
- Threw out media outlets that refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”
- During his first term, Trump was also planning to ban TikTok
In 2022, the US ranked 42nd in the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index - behind almost every European country.
When they refer to "free speech," they only mean American social media platforms - and especially Elon's X.