[echotango]

So you're saying if fox news set up a 'private' website to host trump's posts and only allowed pro-trump people to comment that wouldnt violate free speech because it is a private website and the government itself isn't banning people who criticize it.

[icebraining]

Fox News wouldn't violate the first amendment. At most, the POTUS might be prevented from using that website.

(Nitpick: "free speech" is a general philosophical concept; we're talking about the 1st Amendment, which is a particular application of one of many views on that concept)

[PurpleBoxDragon]

So if Trump isn't banned from using that website, where is the difference from this case?

[icebraining]

I'm confused, what website? The hypothetical one? Who said he wouldn't be?