Trump Holds Press Conference To Attack 'Out Of Control' Media

President Donald Trump called a hastily arranged press conference Thursday in the East Room of the White House, where he launched into a startling attack against the media and claimed he had inherited a messfrom his predecessor.Im making this presentation directly to the American people with the media present ... because many of our nations reporters and folks will not tell you the truth and will not treat the wonderful people of our country with the respect they deserve, Trump said.Unfortunately, much of the media in Washington, D.C., along with New York, Los Angeles, in particular, speaks not for the people, but for the special interests and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system, he said.The press has become so dishonest that if we dont talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people, a tremendous disservice, Trump said. We have to talk about it. We have to find out whats going on because the press, honestly, is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control.Trumps White House is reeling from scandals related to his campaigns communications with Russian officials, which the president has dismissed asnonsense and part of a media conspiracy against him.This is a developing story. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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