Trump Goes On Rant Attacking Dems, Media & Twitter Itself
President Donald Trump, on his Twitter account Tuesday morning, went on the attack, lambasting the media in a plethora of tweets for its portrayal of his administration in recent days and besmirching Democrats for going “totally insane” in their criticisms against him.

Trump’s attacks against the media went after the New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC. He also promoted media that’s been favorable to him, including Fox News and specifically “Fox & Friends” as being the “best of the political morning shows” on television. Meanwhile, Trump went on the offensive against MSNBC’s a.m. program “Morning Joe,” which the president acknowledged “helped get [him] elected in 2016.”
Paul Krugman, of the Fake News New York Times, has lost all credibility, as has the Times itself, with his false and highly inaccurate writings on me. He is obsessed with hatred, just as others are obsessed with how stupid he is. He said Market would crash, Only Record Highs!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
I wonder if the New York Times will apologize to me a second time, as they did after the 2016 Election. But this one will have to be a far bigger & better apology. On this one they will have to get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness-they are truly the Enemy of the People!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
Sorry to say but @foxandfriends is by far the best of the morning political shows on television. It rightfully has BY FAR the highest ratings, not even close. Morning Psycho (Joe), who helped get me elected in 2016 by having me on (free) all the time, has nosedived, too Angry…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
….Dumb and Sick. A really bad show with low ratings – and will only get worse. CNN has been a proven and long term ratings and beyond disaster. In fact, it rewarded Chris Cuomo with a now unsuccessful prime time slot, despite his massive failure in the morning. Only on CNN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
Trump suggested that media would have to apologize to him for their coverage, stating that newspapers like the New York Times would have to “get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness,” adding that “they are truly the Enemy of the People!”
Trump also attacked Democrats in his series of tweets on Tuesday, purporting that the party was working in tangent with news media to go after him. Their actions, which the president described as “insane,” only served to prove that “the Republican agenda is working,” Trump added.
The Radical Left Democrats, together with their leaders in the Fake News Media, have gone totally insane! I guess that means that the Republican agenda is working. Stay tuned for more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
However, recent polling seems to suggest that Trump and the “Republican agenda” is failing to win over the American populace. The president’s approval ratings, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll released this morning, have never been worse.
Trump also derided other criticisms being made against him, suggesting that it was unprecedented for a president to face such vitriol during economic good times.
“In the ‘old days’ if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism,” Trump wrote, citing former President Bill Clinton’s catchphrases. “Remember, ‘It’s the economy stupid.’ Today I have, as President, perhaps the greatest economy in history.”
In the “old days” if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism. Remember, “It’s the economy stupid.” Today I have, as President, perhaps the greatest economy in history…and to the Mainstream Media, it means NOTHING. But it will!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
Experts question whether Trump, who has made the same claim many times in the past, is indeed presiding over the greatest economy in American history. Student debt, small retirement funds for baby boomers, vast economic inequalities between rich and poor, and high housing costs were among many of the reasons cited by the Associated Press in an article last summer as to why Trump’s economy wasn’t as great as he said it was.
Also, other presidents have faced criticisms during periods of economic improvement or prosperity. During the late 1990s economic boom, Clinton was attacked for an extramarital affair and faced impeachment from Congressional Republicans, while Trump himself frequently attacked former President Barack Obama during the recovery from the Great Recession.
Later in the morning, Trump also took credit for accolades Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo gave him, as being the “best thing ever to happen to Twitter.”
“So true, but they don’t treat me well as a Republican. Very discriminatory, hard for people to sign on,” Trump complained, adding that he’d have a higher follower count if “Twitter wasn’t playing their political games.”
….Dumb and Sick. A really bad show with low ratings – and will only get worse. CNN has been a proven and long term ratings and beyond disaster. In fact, it rewarded Chris Cuomo with a now unsuccessful prime time slot, despite his massive failure in the morning. Only on CNN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
…..But should be much higher than that if Twitter wasn’t playing their political games. No wonder Congress wants to get involved – and they should. Must be more, and fairer, companies to get out the WORD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019