President Donald Trump took issue with media coverage of his recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a series of Thursday morning tweets.
The Fake News Media wants so badly to see a major confrontation with Russia, even a confrontation that could lead to war. They are pushing so recklessly hard and hate the fact that I’ll probably have a good relationship with Putin. We are doing MUCH better than any other country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2018
“Trump recognized Russian Meddling MANY TIMES.” Thank you to @foxandfriends and @FoxNews for actually showing the clips. The Fake News wants no part of that narrative! Too bad they don’t want to focus on all of the ECONOMIC and JOBS records being set.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2018
He continued later in the morning:
The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media. I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2018
….proliferation, cyber attacks, trade, Ukraine, Middle East peace, North Korea and more. There are many answers, some easy and some hard, to these problems…but they can ALL be solved!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2018
Trump has come under intense media scrutiny in recent days after his Monday press conference with Putin, during which he appeared to give some credence to the Russian president’s claim that he did not interfere in the 2016 presidential election, despite being told the opposite by his intelligence community leaders.
“I have confidence in both parties,” Trump said, adding that he didn’t see any reason why Russia would interfere on his behalf.
The president changed his tune Tuesday, saying, “In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t,’” Trump said. Trump also had to clean up remarks Wednesday when it was unclear whether he answered “no” to a question on whether he believed the United States was still under cyber attack from the Russian government.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said he was answering “no” to taking any questions from reporters.