The right-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board hit President Trump for sharing what the paper referred to as “fake news.”
In an editorial published Friday night, the Journal said Trump was hypocritical for accusing news outlets of unfair coverage while he himself shared dubious videos on Twitter that purported to show Muslims committing crimes.
“Mr. Trump’s battle with the press over ‘fake news’ is driven by his justifiable belief that he isn’t getting sufficient credit for his achievements, such as his tax bill,” the paper said. “But he can’t on one day demand straight coverage of his Presidency, and on another day promote his own favorite fake news like Britain First.”
Britain First is a nationalist political party in England and one of its leaders originally shared the videos, which critics have said are, at the least, unclear in what they purport to show.
British Prime Minister Theresa May also hit Trump for sharing the videos, saying it was “wrong” and she called the Britain First party “hateful.”
“We’d advise Mr. Trump to rein himself in for the sake of his own Presidency,” the Journal said, “but by now we know that’s hopeless.”
