Trump will see this as a battle : Prince Harry and Meghan may face retaliation from Donald after poking this ginormous bear

Get the Full StoryPrince Harry and Meghan Markle might face consequences from Donald Trump, after the royal couple issued a statement criticizing Meta s decision to eliminate fact-checking. The pair s statement came in the wake of news that the Mark Zuckerberg-owned social media company at the helm of platforms like Facebook and Instagram to do away with its use of third-party fact-checkers for its various sites. The enactment of the new fact-checking policy sparked concerns given its conspicuous closeness to Trump s second presidential inauguration, which Harry and Meghan s statement vaguely alludes to. Prince Harry & Meghan are calling out Zuckerburg & Meta! In a statement the couple said: It doesn t matter whether your views are left, right or somewhere in between the latest news from Meta about changes to their policies directly undermines free speech. This should deeply pic.twitter.com KoekHciSWI Maile MaileOnX January 13, 2025 Published on their website, The Sussexes statement outright declares that the changes to Meta s fact-checking policies are undoubtedly responding to political winds, like an oncoming Trump presidency, and said they will contribute to an intentionally disruptive information environment on social media. In another veiled reference to Trump, Harry and Meghan wrote that the politics of one country should never determine the blanket rules and protections of a company that is clearly shaping or destroying democracy. More broadly, the statement accused Meta of making policy changes that contradict its stated values, and expressed concern that it was prioritiz ing those using the platforms to spread hate, lies and division at the expense of everyone else. While the statement doesn t outright mention him, one insider has claimed that the Sussexes should be prepared for reaction from Trump, saying the royal couple should predict a repercussion from their statement. NEW: Donald Trump suggests he may deport Prince Harry from the United States if elected president.Trump said that Prince Harry will get no special privileges if he lied on his visa application."We ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they ll pic.twitter.com zpnHsoRomO Collin Rugg CollinRugg March 19, 2024 Speaking with Newsweek, PR guru Nick Ede compared Harry and Meghan s references to Trump in the statement to poking this ginormous bear, and warned them that they should be expecting something back from it. Ede went on to claim that the president-elect might even enact a vendetta against the royal couple during his second term, saying Trump will see the war of words as a battle that he wants to win, and will potentially take steps to target them in whatever way he does it. Adding to concerns is Trump s history with Harry, who he once name-dropped while speaking of his plans for mass deportation. This interaction which saw the former president float the idea of deporting Harry on the grounds of his previous drug use and its effect on his visa does little to cool the temperature between Harry and Trump, and is now amplified by the Sussexes recent statement. This is quite incendiary in that respect because we know Trump is not a fan of theirs, Ede said, and this could be a way to negatively affect them. He concluded that this won t be the last time we will hear of this story because I don t think it will stop. Prince William greets Donald Trump upon his arrival at the British Ambassador s residence. The Prince of Wales becomes first member of the Royal Family to meet the new US President-elect as both are in Paris for the Notre Dame opening ceremony. pic.twitter.com 9bvPGo23FL J Stewart triffic_stuff_ December 7, 2024 On the Meghan front, the Duchess has in the past called Trump divisive, and received a response from the former president after she seemed to show support for Joe Biden back in 2020. However, Trump s relations with the royal family aren t all as tenuous, with the president-elect last month praising Prince William and expressing gratitude for the reign of his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. Trump also described King Charles as a really good person and his wife, Queen Camilla, as fantastic. In any case, the Sussexes recent statement aligns with the goals of The Parents Network, a principal program about internet safety that forms part of their philanthropic efforts with the Archwell Foundation.

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