President Trump met with other G7 leaders at a summit in Canada, and before leaving he took some questions from reporters. One of the journos on hand was from CNN, and it went from there:
President @realDonaldTrump: "Who are you with out of curiosity?"
Reporter: "@CNN."@POTUS: "I figured – Fake News CNN. The worst." pic.twitter.com/8T5txRkU4J
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 9, 2018
Trump asks a reporter who they're with, then says of course it's "fake news CNN."
"I could tell by the question," he says.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 9, 2018
"Fake news CNN, the worst," Trump says on foreign soil, in Quebec, after complaining about a reporter's question about his poor relationship with G7 leaders.
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) June 9, 2018
"You can tell that to your fake friends at CNN," Trump said, boasting that his relationship with G7 leaders is a "10."
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) June 9, 2018
CNN producer asks Trump about his relationship with the other G-7 leaders. Trump says his relationships with them are "a 10." Adds: "The relationship that I've had is great. You can tell that to your fake friends at CNN."
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) June 9, 2018
Here’s the video:
Trump mocks a CNN reporter for asking him whether his relationship has been strained with allies. "Fake news CNN. The worst." pic.twitter.com/Sd1WHA0teo
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 9, 2018
In fairness to CNN, however, they weren’t the focus of all of Trump’s media criticism. Much of the U.S. press in general took some heat:
Trump says much of the US press is dishonest and says he came up with the term "fake news." (sorry @CraigSilverman) pic.twitter.com/bNCNgadXxR
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 9, 2018
There is definitely no love lost between Trump and CNN, not to mention others in the mainstream media.
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