President Donald Trump let his frustration with the news media spill out in force on Twitter Thursday when he attacked CNN, NBCNews, and the New York Times.
Trump as usual saved his most scathing rhetoric for CNN who he has been torching since Wednesday. CNN’s saga began in late July when it published a story alleging that Michael Cohen was prepared to tell investigators that Trump had foreknowledge of a 2016 Trump Tower meeting with the Russians. Lanny Davis, Cohen’s lawyer, then admitted on the record that he was a source for the story and publicly recanted his remarks.
The hatred and extreme bias of me by @CNN has clouded their thinking and made them unable to function. But actually, as I have always said, this has been going on for a long time. Little Jeff Z has done a terrible job, his ratings suck, & AT&T should fire him to save credibility!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
The president wasted no time attacking NBCNews and its anchor Lester Holt. Holt interviewed Trump shortly after the firing of former FBI director James Comey in May 2017. The president appears to be suggesting that he manipulated the tape of that interview.
What’s going on at @CNN is happening, to different degrees, at other networks – with @NBCNews being the worst. The good news is that Andy Lack(y) is about to be fired(?) for incompetence, and much worse. When Lester Holt got caught fudging my tape on Russia, they were hurt badly!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Trump then pivoted to attacking a story in the New York Times that suggested Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka Trump were responsible for forcing the departing White House counsel out the door.
Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner had NOTHING to do with the so called “pushing out” of Don McGahn.The Fake News Media has it, purposely,so wrong! They love to portray chaos in the White House when they know that chaos doesn’t exist-just a “smooth running machine” with changing parts!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
I just cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the Media is. Truth doesn’t matter to them, they only have their hatred & agenda. This includes fake books, which come out about me all the time, always anonymous sources, and are pure fiction. Enemy of the People!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018