President Trump is known for his creative nicknames. He sends them out with frequency and ferocity attacking friends and critics alike. On Wednesday Trump launched another one, and it might be his most creative yet.
According to The Hill:
President Trump on Wednesday stepped up his personal attacks against CNN, lambasting the network and veteran journalist Carl Bernstein for a July report about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
“CNN is being torn apart from within based on their being caught in a major lie and refusing to admit the mistake,” Trump tweeted Wednesday evening. “Sloppy @carlbernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate fool, making up story after story, is being laughed at all over the country! Fake News”.
CNN is being torn apart from within based on their being caught in a major lie and refusing to admit the mistake. Sloppy @carlbernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate fool, making up story after story, is being laughed at all over the country! Fake News
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
Bernstein, known for his coverage of the Watergate scandal, co-wrote an article for CNN, reporting that Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, was willing to tell special counsel Robert Mueller that then-candidate Trump knew about the June 2016 meeting between Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis, later publicly confirmed that he was the source for the story. He walked back his claim that Cohen knew Trump was aware of the meeting. “I regret not being much clearer in saying I’m not sure about this story,” Davis, who is an opinion contributor at The Hill, told NBC News.
CNN refuses to back away from the story and slammed President Trump as a liar in the process.
Don Jr. decided to join the fun as well:
Comical to watch @CNN covering for leftist hack @carlbernstein. He & Obama staffer @jimsciutto obviously got story wrong. CNN “stands by” it anyway, defending literal fake news. 3 “reporters” were fired for false CNN hit on @Scaramucci & this is FAR worse! https://t.co/KdgpXfGhgT
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 27, 2018
