United States presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday said he would cancel the proposed deal between AT&T and Time Warner besides suing around a dozen women who have accused him of sexual harassment, if he wins the election on November 8, Reuters reported. The Republican candidate made the statement while talking about his policy plans for the first 100 days of his presidency at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump said the Time Warner deal was an example of a “power structure” working against him and the people of the country. "As an example of the power structure I'm fighting, AT&T is buying Time Warner and thus CNN, a deal we will not approve in my administration because it's too much concentration of power in the hands of too few," he said. The New York industrialist said Amazon should be paying higher taxes, and pointed out that the company’s chief executive officer Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. Trump does not agree with the newspaper's coverage of the election.
Trump criticised the US media and accused publications of covering his campaign unfairly to help Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. "They're trying desperately to suppress my vote and the voice of the American people," he said. On October 13, four women had accused Trump of sexually harassing them, days after a video surfaced showing him boasting about forcing himself on women. Trump has denied all the allegations, and has vowed to take legal actions against the women. He had earlier said that he may not accept the outcome of the election if he loses.
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