Trump Puts Mark Zuckerberg On The Spot When Asked About Social Media Free Speech 'Crackdown' In U.K.

Speaking to reporters, President Trump was asked about the U.K.'s policies towards social media, and asked Mark Zuckerberg for his opinion.

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00:00Do you support the FDA's decision to limit approvals?

00:03Mr. President, you'll be heading to the UK in a few weeks.

00:06Yesterday, Nigel Farage was on Capitol Hill.

00:08He was talking a lot about pushing back on censorship online.

00:13He was asking politicians like yourself, some of the people in this room, to really push back on that.

00:18How concerning is that to you?

00:20And Mr. Zuckerberg, if I don't mind, you don't mind answering.

00:23How concerning is that to you, the lack of freedom of speech online in the UK?

00:28He didn't think you'd get that question.

00:30He's looking at me saying, how did I get that question?

00:36If you'd like to answer, free speech.

00:38Sorry, actually, it was a panic.

00:40It seems to be a crackdown.

00:42The British government seems to be cracking down on social media posts,

00:46people being arrested for tweets, social posts.

00:49I'm just wondering how concerning that is to you, Mr. President, and Mr. Zuckerberg.

00:52This is the beginning of your political career.

00:55No, it's not.

00:57I will just say that in terms of UK, strange things are happening over there.

01:03They are cracking down, and surprisingly so.

01:06And I've spoken to the Prime Minister, and let's see what happens.

01:11But it is a different, a little bit different situation.

01:15I'm very surprised to see what's happening.

01:17And are you talking about the UK in particular, right?

01:19Yeah.

01:20Mr. President.

01:23Well, I'm very surprised to see what's happening.

01:24And it's not, it's not a good thing.

01:25Yeah, please.

01:26Mr. President. Thank you.