President Donald Trump threatened to revoke NBC’s broadcast license after the network reported he asked for a dramatic increase in nuclear weapons.

NBC News reported Tuesday morning that Trump asked for a tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during the same July 20 meeting that prompted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to call the president a “f*cking moron,” which the same network first reported last week.

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Trump responded by threatening to punish the network, which broadcast his reality show “The Apprentice” and invited him to host “Saturday Night Live” during the Republican primary.

With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017

Twitter users responded in horror and warned Trump’s response signaled a dark new chapter in presidential history.

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This is remarkable anti-American and is an assault on our values. https://t.co/OH00g6vf8p — Shannon Ragland (@JuryReporter) October 11, 2017

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Trump v NBC :: Monster v Dr. Frankenstein — Schooley (@Rschooley) October 11, 2017

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Would be a great time to just run a ton of Apprentice back-stage tapes if anyone had them pic.twitter.com/4IeD5kaAfi — Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) October 11, 2017

How does he keep threatening the First Amendment but no one can seem to hold the Republican Party to account? How and why? — Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) October 11, 2017

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Trump threatens action against news org that displeases him. Every GOPer should respond to Corker's claim that they know he's unfit. https://t.co/ww2eEDFOh1 — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 11, 2017

Adult daycare shift alert. Please report for duty. https://t.co/NgAP03X4xp — Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) October 11, 2017

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I tell you what, when we get to that point, we'll let you know by amending the constitution https://t.co/8S8wWgdoL4 — Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) October 11, 2017

He can't do this, but it's important that Trump would want to shut down outlets that report on his scandals. https://t.co/ksRPGXincc — Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) October 11, 2017

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You expect this rhetoric from an authoritative dictator, not the president of the United States. https://t.co/3t9fwLGGoU — Andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) October 11, 2017

I take it he failed the IQ test and is lashing out? https://t.co/MC4yZH2KEz — Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) October 11, 2017

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But remember, the *real* threats to free speech are kids on college campuses 🙃 pic.twitter.com/YfA9u3Zrq8 — Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 11, 2017

everything else aside here… I think the president of the United States doesn't know the difference between a TV network and a TV station https://t.co/iVHi2o7Kcy — Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) October 11, 2017

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