To the editor: When President Trump signed an govt order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” it appeared like a crass and jingoistic however comparatively innocent motion. Nonetheless, Trump’s true motive was revealed when the White Home introduced that the Related Press can be denied entry to the Oval Workplace and Air Pressure One as a result of it declined to capitulate to Trump’s imperialistic title change.
In different phrases, altering the title of a global physique of water was Trump’s loyalty check for American information media. He has made it clear that shops that don’t bow to his needs might be bullied and punished by proscribing their skill to collect information, which is crucial to a wholesome democracy.
Trump has clearly taken a web page from the fashionable autocracy playbook. Allow us to hope that our courts will present widespread sense and justice in defending our 1st Modification rights to free speech and freedom of the press.
Sam Atwood, Claremont
