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White House fury at Trump 'monster' jibe in showpiece BBC lecture: US President 'dubbed a fascist' during flagship speech commissioned by broadcaster
Daily Mail ^ | 15:09 EST, 15 November 2025 | Updated: 17:23 EST, 15 November 2025 | GLEN OWEN and CAROLINE GRAHAM

Posted on 11/15/2025 4:45:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

The row between the BBC and Donald Trump has escalated further after it was revealed the broadcaster commissioned a fierce critic of the US President to deliver its flagship annual lectures.

Dutch author Rutger Bregman used the high-profile events to draw parallels between Trump's America and the rise of fascism in the 1930s. 

In one talk, entitled A Time Of Monsters and due to air next week, he likened Mr Trump, Nigel Farage and tech billionaires such as Elon Musk to fascists, according to one audience member. He is said to have used the term 'a bit fashy' to describe them.

The BBC's decision to invite Mr Bregman – who has previously described opposition to Mr Trump in the US as a fight between 'good and evil' – to deliver the showpiece Reith lectures will fuel ongoing accusations that the corporation has an institutional left-wing bias.

The White House tonight branded Mr Bregman 'a rabid anti-Trump individual'.

The news comes after the President told reporters on board Air Force One that he was intending to sue the corporation for 'anywhere between $1billion (£760million) and $5billion (£3.8billion) probably sometime next week' over a Panorama episode that misleadingly edited one of his speeches.

By splicing together words he said as angry protesters descended on Capitol Hill, Washington, on January 6, 2021, the BBC gave the impression that he had made a direct call for violent action. It later emerged that Newsnight had made a similar edit in an episode from 2022.

The corporation has apologised to Mr Trump, but refused to pay him damages.

Tonight, after The Mail on Sunday told the White House about Mr Bregman's lectures, communications director Steven Cheung said: 'The BBC...'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 11/15/2025 4:45:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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2 posted on 11/15/2025 4:49:18 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

Lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit.


3 posted on 11/15/2025 4:52:58 PM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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To: madison10

THEY ARE BEGGING FOR A LAWSUIT


4 posted on 11/15/2025 4:54:46 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Steely Tom

Lazy of them. Like all eurotrash. Just fling names and mislabels and get speaking fees. Meanwhile the EU is going to track every transaction by their citizens through CBDC. That is fascism. Just like China.


5 posted on 11/15/2025 4:56:31 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why is it always up to us to point out that there are far more parallels to Hitler in the modern day demonicRAT and Labour Party? Where would Hitler feel more at home? In Martha’s Vineyard or Mar-a-Lago?


6 posted on 11/15/2025 4:59:35 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

WAIT!!! Someone called him a fascist???!!! WHOA!!!


7 posted on 11/15/2025 5:15:15 PM PST by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wait a minute!!

I thought he was King!


8 posted on 11/15/2025 5:38:52 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: TalBlack

A fascist is what communists call non-communists.


9 posted on 11/15/2025 5:46:40 PM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: TheDon

A fascist is what communists call non-communists.


And they never say “Nazi”, because Nazi is short for National Socialist.


10 posted on 11/15/2025 5:57:10 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Texas Eagle

Martha’s Vineyard, big time.


11 posted on 11/15/2025 6:08:08 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Stop screwing around. Kick out the Brits and recall our ambassador.


12 posted on 11/15/2025 7:02:18 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Texas Eagle

“Why is it always up to us to point out that there are far more parallels to Hitler in the modern day demonicRAT and Labour Party? Where would Hitler feel more at home? In Martha’s Vineyard or Mar-a-Lago?”
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One reason you get to point out the “parallels to Democrat and Labor” is because your claim is simply untrue.


13 posted on 11/15/2025 7:19:50 PM PST by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uor1Z0fSb5Q


14 posted on 11/15/2025 7:52:02 PM PST by Dragonfly
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Joisting at windmills again I see.. why waste time on England they are self destructing anyway...


15 posted on 11/15/2025 8:02:18 PM PST by dpetty121263
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

16 posted on 11/15/2025 8:35:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: madison10

As a substitute for Words, words, words... Very good!


17 posted on 11/15/2025 8:45:11 PM PST by BEJ
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To: HYPOCRACY

And yet they have no problem with locking people up for internet posts and praying near an abortion clinic. Who are the real fascists? These people make me sick to my stomach with the endless lies


18 posted on 11/16/2025 5:05:08 AM PST by nhbob1
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He was intending to sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between $1billion (£760million) and $5billion (£3.8billion.

Do it brother lessons have to be learned or it repeats.


19 posted on 11/16/2025 6:55:04 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Meanwhile, on a related note...

Jamais Vu 🏉🎗️
@boot15_vu

If you want to stop the boats, you need to smash this gang.

4:49 PM · Nov 14, 2025 105.2K Views

Pic of the perps at the link.

I don’t think the POTUS would retweet this, but the VP should consider it.

https://x.com/boot15_vu/status/1989450700129222906


20 posted on 11/16/2025 7:15:11 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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