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Trump has systematically betrayed most of his core, MAGA-defining political commitments (other than closing the border). Wars, foreign policy, his empowerment of the Deep State, and extreme swamp-driven self-enrichment are the most obvious examples. But his attacks on free speech and press freedoms -- after MAGA spent a decade feigning opposition to censorship -- are at least as egregious as all those (this detailed report focuses on attempts to control the press so it doesn't even include the numerous state censorship programs for Israel): www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/politics/tru...