Trump Trashes New York Times In Radio Interview, Claims Paper Reports Iran Is Fighting Fantastically'

"President Donald Trump bashed The New York Times on Tuesday morning, claiming that the paper is lying to its readers and leading them to believe Iran is fighting fantastically against the U.S. Trump trashed his hometown paper in an interview with Sid Rosenberg on ABC 770 AM. The president rattled off examples of Iran's military being decimated, including saying all 159 of its ships at the start of the war are now lying at the bottom of the sea. They have no radar, no nothing, Trump added."

"But he said the average Times reader is oblivious to how obliterated Iran is. They are militarily defeated. And they probably don't know it yet, Trump said about Iran. If you read The New York Times, you think that Iran is doing well. Think of it they have no air force, they have no navy, they have no leaders and if you read The New York Times, you're saying Oh, they're doing fantastically.' Same thing with the [2024] election."

"The president continued, The sad part is, the credibility of The Times, it should be great. I'd like it to be great. But the credibility has gone down so low. His remarks came just a few hours after the president slammed The Times in a late-night social media rant. Trump was upset with a NYT report on the cost of revamping the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which had ballooned to $13.1 million, far more than he initially floated."

"Trump also criticized the paper recently over a report his administration secretly gave a no-bid deal to the company building his new White House ballroom. The president said The Times was trying to make him look bad. As for Iran, Trump told Rosenberg he is 100 percent confident the country will ultimately hand over its nuclear dust to the USA. He also patted himself on the back for his new nickname for the Democratic Party; Trump now calls them the Dumocrats."

The president criticized a major newspaper for allegedly lying to readers about Iran’s performance against the United States. He claimed Iran’s military capabilities have been heavily damaged, including assertions that Iran’s ships are at the bottom of the sea and that Iran lacks radar and other capabilities. He said readers would not realize Iran is militarily defeated because the newspaper portrays Iran as doing well. He also criticized the newspaper for reporting on increased costs to revamp the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and for reporting on a no-bid deal related to construction of his new White House ballroom. He expressed confidence that Iran will ultimately hand over its nuclear materials to the United States and promoted his nickname for the Democratic Party.

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