President Trump said Sunday that journalists will misreport his Monday summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and used the term “enemy of the people” to describe the press.
“Unfortunately, no matter how well I do at the Summit, if I was given the great city of Moscow as retribution for all of the sins and evils committed by Russia… over the years, I would return to criticism that it wasn’t good enough – that I should have gotten Saint Petersburg in addition!” Trump tweeted.
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“Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Dems…know how to do is resist and obstruct! This is why there is such hatred and dissension in our country – but at some point, it will heal!” he wrote.
Trump’s occasional use of the term “enemy of the people” has been criticized in part because of its use by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as a prelude to disposing of political enemies. Trump more frequently uses the term “fake news,” which Stalin successor Nikita Khrushchev’s granddaughter, professor Nina Khrushcheva, described as a functional equivalent.
Ahead of Trump’s meeting with Putin in Finland, the president described the European Union as “a foe” in an interview with CBS News.
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