President Trump blasted The Washington Post in a series of tweets Monday night, accusing the newspaper of being a “lobbyist weapon” for Amazon.
“The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting Assad…..,” Trump first tweeted.
“So many stories about me in the [Washington Post] are Fake News. They are as bad as ratings challenged [CNN]. Lobbyist for Amazon and taxes?” he continued.
He appeared to be referencing an article about his decision to end a CIA program that backed Syrian rebels.
Trump accused The Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as being “a lobbyist weapon against politicians.”
“Is Fake News Washington Post being used as a lobbyist weapon against Congress to keep Politicians from looking into Amazon no-tax monopoly?” he tweeted.
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The Post reported last week that Trump shuttered a CIA program to support Syrian rebels in the fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a major victory for Russia. Russian officials had reportedly seen the program as an attack on the country’s interests.
While it’s unclear what prompted Trump’s tweets, Politico media reporter Hadas Gold noted that Fox News host Tucker Carlson discussed the Post article on his Monday night show.
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Trump tweets about classified CIA program in attack on Washington Post https://t.co/py4SnroPis pic.twitter.com/hw4sLs4oTB
— The Hill (@thehill) July 25, 2017
The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting Assad…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
This is a classified program. This acknowledgement is a good lever for FOIA'ing material about it from the CIA. They can't "Glomar" it now. https://t.co/S1Is1ClMJ6
— Jon Gambrell جون (@jongambrellAP) July 25, 2017
Declassified by presidential prerogative on Twitter! https://t.co/aLTZ4IraqP
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) July 25, 2017
"May you live in interesting times" https://t.co/cQBdNQROI4
— John Schindler (@20committee) July 25, 2017
Proof that Trump is mentally unstable. He’s spending time hammering at supposedly fake news instead of doing his job.
And spending way too much time in front of the TV waiting for any news about himself. It’s like FOX news feeds him talking points. Yes he is an unstable man.
He’s not running the country, he is running his very own real time reality show “Twitter Rage”.
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