Trump's FCC enforcer makes stunning admission while reflecting on his legacy

Trump's main media enforcer made a stunning admission while reflecting on his legacy in a recent interview.

“I’m sure The New York Times has already written my obituary," FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in an interview with The Financial Times. "There's not a lot that I can do to improve upon it or make it worse at this point in time."

Carr's glum outlook on his legacy comes as he's going after Trump's TV foes since he was appointed as FCC chair in early 2025. He has threatened ABC over Jimmy Kimmel jokes and pressured CBS not to air an interview with a Democrat on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert. He's even gone after programs like "The View" and flagged transgender content in children's programming.

"We tried to do a large number of things. We tried to be bold in the decisions that we made, and then other people make their decision about what was right and wrong," Carr went on. "I got my time. I got my shot. I took my shot."

Carr, appointed by Trump in January 2025, has used his perch atop the FCC to launch an aggressive campaign against broadcasters seen as hostile to the president.

He ordered an early review of eight Disney-owned TV stations over diversity practices — a move widely seen as retaliation after Trump and Melania called for ABC's Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a joke at the first lady's expense. Carr has also investigated "The View" over its hosting of a Democratic Senate candidate, and his FCC actions created a chilling effect that led CBS to pull a Stephen Colbert interview with another Democratic candidate over equal-time rule concerns.