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Trump calls New York Times reporter 'fake guy': 'It's sort of treasonous what you write'
Key takeaways
- I had a total military victory, but the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly, Trump told Sanger aboard Air Force One on the way home from Beijing, calling the newspaper s chief Washington correspondent a fake guy.
- I actually think it s sort of treasonous what you write, the president added, labeling the Times and CNN the worst.
- The critique came as Sanger pressed Trump on the U.S.
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I had a total military victory, but the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly, Trump told Sanger aboard Air Force One on the way home from Beijing, calling the newspaper s chief Washington correspondent a fake guy.
I actually think it s sort of treasonous what you write, the president added, labeling the Times and CNN the worst.
The critique came as Sanger pressed Trump on the U.S. military s intensive campaign against Iran, noting that it did not achieve political change in the country — one of the president s several stated objectives at the outset of the war.
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