Almost as ridiculous as trying to argue that anyone in this situation is "preemptively cutting someone's livelihood ahead of a battle". If you read the letter

Almost as ridiculous as trying to argue that anyone in this situation is "preemptively cutting someone's livelihood ahead of a battle". If you read the letter and believe that the government is requesting, or that X and Rumble are agreeing to, the de-monetisation of Brand's content, then we should address a reading comprehension challenge. If you can see that this -- "preemptively cutting someone's livelihood" -- is definitely not happening, then I would encourage you to more precisely convey what you mean, because this attempt almost perfectly expresses the opposite of reality.