🌏 POLITICA UK

Donald Trump vs the BBC: The Billionaire Who Wants Your Licence Fee There are certain headlines that make Britain collectively choke on its tea. “Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC” is one of them. Not because the idea of Trump threatening legal action is shocking — he’s sued (or threatened to sue) everything from entire newspapers to comedy shows to, reportedly, a small Welsh farmer (long story). No, the real eyebrow-raiser is the unintended punchline: If Trump sues the BBC… UK licence fee payers could, in theory, end up footing the bill. Yes. You. Me. Your nan in Worthing who only wants to watch Strictly . All of us. Potentially paying the world’s richest political performer for the privilege of him being offended. The Irony Is Almost Too On-the-Nose The BBC is not a private corporation lounging on Scrooge McDuck vaults. It’s a public service broadcaster with a funding model that is, famously, unpopular with everyone — except, apparently, Donald J. Trump, who may have...