Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at cracking down on tech companies including Twitter and Facebook, saying social media companies had enjoyed “unchecked power” to date that was “tantamount to monopoly.”

The order asked the Justice Department to form a working group comprised partially of state attorneys general, who will be tasked with potentially enforcing “state statutes that prohibit online platforms from engaging in unfair and deceptive acts and practices.” The Federal Trade Commission was directed to begin an independent review of the matter.

The order also directed federal agencies to stop advertising on platforms that impose “viewpoint-based speech restrictions,” called on the Federal Communications Commission to review Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The law has traditionally allowed tech platforms to escape liability under liable and defamation laws.

“As president, I’ll not allow the American people to be bullied by these giant corporations,” Trump said in an Oval Office signing ceremony. “Many people have wanted this to be done by presidents for a long time. And now, we are doing it, and I’m sure there will be a lawsuit, and I’m also sure we will be going for legislation in addition to this.”

Remember, this is all happening because Twitter fact-checked one of Trump’s many lies.

The Internet Association, a tech group with members including Twitter, Facebook, and Amazon, issued a statement opposing the order earlier in the day, with CEO John Berroya saying the order “seems designed to punish a handful of companies for perceived slights.” Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who co-sponsored Section 230 in 1996, similarly issued a statement opposing the order, calling it “plainly illegal.”

While the country is in disarray, the President wants you to know he’s the real victim here because Twitter fact checked two of his tweets pic.twitter.com/Oh5XSTvWa5

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 28, 2020

The order comes after Twitter on Tuesday added a link to a fact-check of one of the president’s tweets about vote-by-mail balloting. Trump subsequently accused the platform of “interfering in the 2020 presidential election.”

Trump also answered questions and laughably claimed he would delete his Twitter account if he didn’t need to fight back against the “fake news.” Of course we all know this is a lie since Trump lives for the attention he gets from tweeting.

Question: Have you given any consideration to deleting your account?
Trump: Well if you were not fake… I would do it in a heartbeat pic.twitter.com/IKlVwUNc69

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 28, 2020

Then Trump acted like the pure authoritarian he craves to be and talked about shutting down Twitter, which obviously he can’t do:

The President talks about the possibility of shutting down Twitter which he does not have the authority to do pic.twitter.com/MoJ45IT105

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 28, 2020

And then Trump told an insane lie that ballots aren’t being sent to conservative communities.

THIS MAN IS INSANE.

The President is fact checked on his mail in voting tweets in real time and responds with a long rant which includes a strange claim that ballots aren’t being sent to conservative communities pic.twitter.com/vjpFXPiYY4

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 28, 2020