His anger was mainly aimed at CNN and The New York Times, after both reported that the U.S. bombing in Iran didn’t do as much damage as Trump had claimed. According to an early analysis from the Defense Intelligence Agency, the strikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear program by a few months — not destroyed it, as Trump said.
Trump lashed out at CNN with all-caps posts, calling the network “disgusting” and “incompetent,” and insulted its news anchors. He especially targeted CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, saying she should be fired and accusing her of lying in her report. He claimed her reporting was harmful to the U.S. military pilots who carried out the mission and said she was trying to make them look bad, even though he believes they did a great job.
He didn’t stop there. Trump said Bertrand wasn’t even qualified to be on TV and blamed her for damaging CNN’s reputation. He repeated that she should be fired immediately. CNN responded by saying they fully support Bertrand and that her reporting was accurate. They said she simply reported what the Defense Intelligence Agency had found and that her story served the public interest.
Meanwhile, The New York Times also stood by its reporting. They pointed out that Trump and his own national security officials later admitted that the intelligence report mentioned in the article was real — meaning their story was accurate, not fake.
Trump kept up his online attacks, saying the news coverage made the U.S. pilots feel awful even though they had risked their lives. He insisted that the negative reporting was all meant to hurt him politically and that the news conference scheduled at the Pentagon would clear everything up and show that the news was wrong.
In short, Trump is extremely upset that media reports don’t match the version of events he’s promoting, and he’s been venting about it loudly and publicly — especially on his own platform.
President Donald Trump has been angrily watching CNN and is furious about how they reported on a recent U.S. airstrike in Iran. The situation started after Trump attended a NATO summit in the Netherlands and flew back to Washington. Once back, he began posting emotional and angry messages on his social media platform, Truth Social.
His anger was mainly aimed at CNN and The New York Times, after both reported that the U.S. bombing in Iran didn’t do as much damage as Trump had claimed. According to an early analysis from the Defense Intelligence Agency, the strikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear program by a few months — not destroyed it, as Trump said.
Trump lashed out at CNN with all-caps posts, calling the network “disgusting” and “incompetent,” and insulted its news anchors. He especially targeted CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, saying she should be fired and accusing her of lying in her report. He claimed her reporting was harmful to the U.S. military pilots who carried out the mission and said she was trying to make them look bad, even though he believes they did a great job.
He didn’t stop there. Trump said Bertrand wasn’t even qualified to be on TV and blamed her for damaging CNN’s reputation. He repeated that she should be fired immediately. CNN responded by saying they fully support Bertrand and that her reporting was accurate. They said she simply reported what the Defense Intelligence Agency had found and that her story served the public interest.
Meanwhile, The New York Times also stood by its reporting. They pointed out that Trump and his own national security officials later admitted that the intelligence report mentioned in the article was real — meaning their story was accurate, not fake.
Trump kept up his online attacks, saying the news coverage made the U.S. pilots feel awful even though they had risked their lives. He insisted that the negative reporting was all meant to hurt him politically and that the news conference scheduled at the Pentagon would clear everything up and show that the news was wrong.
In short, Trump is extremely upset that media reports don’t match the version of events he’s promoting, and he’s been venting about it loudly and publicly — especially on his own platform.
