President Trump defended calling Apple CEO Tim Cook by “Time Apple” during a recent meeting, claiming that he was “saving time.”

“At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!” Trump posted to Twitter Monday morning, after the incident went widely noticed in the media.