President Trump railed against inaccurate stories about him while talking with reporters in the Oval Office on Friday.
He also had a tense moment when NBC’s Kristen Welker asked about his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, “Did you tell them not to meddle in the next election?”
“Excuse me, I’m talking. I’m answering this question. You are very rude,” Trump said.
He was then asked what he can improve on with his relationship with the press since Friday is World Press Freedom Day.
“Well, I think I have a very good relationship with some of the press,” Trump replied. “Unfortunately, some of the press doesn’t cover me accurately. In fact, they go out of their way to cover me inaccurately, so I don’t think that’s a free press. I think that’s a dishonest press, and I want to see a free press.”
“So, I want to see freedom of the press and I get treated fairly by some press, but I get treated very unfairly by other press,” Trump said. “Frankly, I think that’s very dishonest. I don’t care that, when you have stories purposely written badly, in many cases much on purpose, I mean you look at it, that’s not free press. That’s the opposite of free press.”
