<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p>President Donald Trump tore into the media over coverage of Air Force refueling planes reportedly hit by an Iranian missile strike at a Saudi Arabian air base.</p><p>“The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (in particular), and other Lowlife ‘Papers’ and Media actually want us to lose the War,” Trump wrote Saturday morning on Truth Social. “Their terrible reporting is the exact opposite of the actual facts!”</p><p><em>Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost.</em></p><figure><div><div><p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/gdI3og4ooRdDQ_oetVw26w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_huffington_post_584/54d34baab8532adeccbb3ba08bb715ae?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="630" height="420" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/gdI3og4ooRdDQ_oetVw26w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_huffington_post_584/54d34baab8532adeccbb3ba08bb715ae"/></p></div></div><p></p><figcaption>President Donald Trump called the media &#34;sick and demented&#34; over a report that didn't differ that much from his own account of events. <span>Nathan Howard via Getty Images</span></figcaption><p></p></figure><p>The president’s post took aim at what he called an “intentionally misleading headline by the Fake News Media” about the aircraft.</p><p>“In actuality, the Base was hit a few days ago, but the planes were not ‘struck’ or “‘destroyed,’” he wrote.</p><p><strong>Politics: Treasury Secretary Gets Pulled From Interview To See Trump, Comes Back Rattled</strong></p><p>The Wall Street Journal had reported Friday that five tanker planes had been “struck and damaged” by Iran at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, citing U.S. officials. Notably, the Journal did not state that the planes were destroyed, but in fact wrote that the planes were “damaged but not fully destroyed” and were “being repaired.”</p><p>On Truth Social, Trump said four of the planes had “virtually no damage” and that the fifth had “slightly more damage” but would be “back in the air shortly.”</p><p>He then called members of the media “truly sick and demented people” who “have no idea the damage they cause the United States of America.”</p><h3>Related...</h3><ul><li>Trump Says U.S. Bombed Military Sites On An Island Vital To Iran's Oil Network</li><li>Trump Says Iran War Will End 'When I Feel It In My Bones'</li><li>Trump Brags That U.S. Missiles Are One-Of-A-Kind — And Critics Hit Him With Instant Reminder</li></ul><p><strong>Read the original on HuffPost</strong></p></div></div>

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<p>President Donald Trump criticized media outlets for their coverage of an Iranian missile strike on U.S. tanker planes, calling them "sick and demented." He claimed that reports from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal were misleading, stating that while five planes were damaged, they were not destroyed and would be repaired. Trump asserted that four planes had minimal damage and accused the media of intentionally wanting the U.S. to lose the war.</p>

Trump Calls 'Lowlife' Media 'Sick And Demented' Over Iran War Coverage