"This is the 1st time in US history an American president has launched a formal state-media channel in his own name. It comes 3 days after the White House banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, and hours after the five-network TV pool stopped covering Trump's events in response, leaving a White House event today with video but no sound. "The White House is now broadcasting the President itself." Another X user commented: "We're now at the "state-run media" stage of Trump's authoritarian takeover."