Donald Trump Doubles Down on Media Attacks: 'They Can Also Cause War'

Donald Trump continues to call the media an "enemy of the people" and claims they can initiate "great division & distrust" and "cause war" in a new tweet.

Donald Trump is notably not a fan of any media outlets that don't give him favorable coverage (like Fox News). Trump declares those outlets "fake news" and continuously deems them as untrustworthy or an "enemy of the people."

Last week, the New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger met with Trump to express how his "inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence." He also "repeatedly stressed that this is particularly true abroad, where the president’s rhetoric is being used by some regimes to justify sweeping crackdowns on journalists." That meeting happened a few weeks after a gunman opened fire at Maryland's Capital Gazette newsroom, killing five.

But Trump did not heed those words at all. Instead, he's continuing to tweet against the media.

"The Fake News hates me saying that they are the Enemy of the People only because they know it’s TRUE," reads one of his latest tweets. "I am providing a great service by explaining this to the American People. They purposely cause great division & distrust. They can also cause War! They are very dangerous & sick!"

Trump himself has been toying with war-starting actions. In the past year, he's threatened North Korea with nuclear weapons and told Russia to "get ready" for missiles.

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