President Donald Trump defended his daughter’s morning comments that the media are not the enemy of the people in a Thursday tweet.
“They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no,” Trump tweeted. “It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!”
They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2018
Ivanka Trump made the comments Thursday morning at an Axios event, which spawned a confrontation in the White House press briefing room later in the afternoon.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was pressed repeatedly on whether she agrees that the media are the “enemy of the people.”
.@IvankaTrump: “No. I do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people.”
Full video here: https://t.co/jDuINeDEQU #Axios360 pic.twitter.com/mH1FdeMe6v
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 2, 2018
Trump has used the phrase enemy of the people in the past at rallies and on Twitter.
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2017