Trump slams Washington Post for ‘phony’ story on Chinese tariffs

By Anna Giaritelli

Published April 5, 2018 1:39pm ET

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President Trump berated the Washington Post Thursday morning for the angle a reporter took in reporting about the growing U.S.-China trade dispute.

“The Fake News Washington Post, Amazon’s ‘chief lobbyist,’ has another (of many) phony headlines, ‘Trump Defiant As China Adds Trade Penalties.’ WRONG! Should read, ‘Trump Defiant as U.S. Adds Trade Penalties, Will End Barriers And Massive I.P. Theft.’ Typically Bad Reporting,” Trump tweeted.

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