President Donald Trump continued to criticize the press on Saturday, following up on his previous late-night comments where he accused the “fake news media” of not wanting to report on “how well the United States Military has done against Iran.”
In his 9:35 a.m. post, Trump claimed the media wanted the United States to “lose the war.”
He started by saying, “Yet again, an intentionally misleading headline by the Fake News Media about the five tanker planes that were supposedly struck down at an Airport in Saudi Arabia, and of no further use.”
The post continued:
In actuality, the Base was hit a few days ago, but the planes were not “struck” or “destroyed.” Four of the five had virtually no damage, and are already back in service. One had slightly more damage, but will be in the air shortly. None were destroyed, or close to that, as the Fake News said in headlines. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (in particular), and other Lowlife “Papers” and Media actually want us to lose the War. Their terrible reporting is the exact opposite of the actual facts! They are truly sick and demented people that have no idea the damage they cause the United States of America. Fortunately, as proven by our Great and Conclusive Election Win in 2024, the People of our Country understand what is happening far better than the Fake News Media!
Later, at 11:02 a.m., Trump posted a busy graphic showing how “President Trump is reshaping the media.”
The post talked about the decline of traditional media by listing outlets and media personalities who have left or changed under his leadership.
They included: “PBS defunded, NPR defunded, Terry Moran out at ABC, Joy Reid out at MSNBC, Lester Holt out at NBC, Washington Post massive layoffs, [Stephen] Colbert Leaving CBS, Meta’s No More Biased ‘fact checking,’ Chuck Todd out at NBC, Big Decline in MSM Ratings, Jim Acosta out at CNN, and John Dickerson out at CBS.”
Trump’s graphic was predictably slammed by critics:
Honored to be included here. But seriously what’s wrong with this guy? This is some goofy stuff. https://t.co/DjJNrbCXiL
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 14, 2026
By “ reshaping” he means: “trying to silence.” https://t.co/UojKmlOIfF
— Bill Carter (@wjcarter) March 14, 2026
The graphic also praised Trump’s media “reforms,” which included 60 Minutes record-setting interviews, Truth Social booming, 1st POTUS to join NFL broadcast, FCC broadcast accountability, most “accessible” POTUS ever, ABC $15 million settlement, saved TikTok, CNN new ownership, CBS news biased ombudsman, Disney ends key DEI practices, free speech on X, equal time on broadcast television.
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