Trump Bashed Fake News For Lying About His MS-13 ‘Animals’ Remark

In Spite Of The Denials MSM Continues to Prove Over and Over That They Are Indeed Fake News.
President Trump lashed out Friday on Twitter at his favorite target... the “Fake News Media.” Trump was understandably upset at that the mainstream media for reporting that he had referred to some illegal immigrants as “animals” — while he was only referring to members of the notorious MS-13 gang.

Fake News Media had me calling Immigrants, or Illegal Immigrants, “Animals.” Wrong! They were begrudgingly forced to withdraw their stories. I referred to MS 13 Gang Members as “Animals,” a big difference - and so true. Fake News got it purposely wrong, as usual!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2018


Trump had come under fire for comments he made Wednesday while railing against California for its immigration policies during a meeting with local state officials.

Most of the media only showed the video where President Trump said
“We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — and we’re stopping a lot of them … You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people. These are animals,”
But many of the networks never mentioned that he was referring to just MS-13 gang members, not all illegal immigrants.

Among the media outlets that corrected their reports was the Associated Press, which deleted a tweet about Trump’s comment.
“AP has deleted a tweet from late Wednesday on Trump’s ‘animals’ comment about immigrants because it wasn’t made clear that he was speaking after a comment about gang members,”
After CNN originally reported that trump called all illegal immigrants "Animals," almost 24-hours later they finally corrected their lie, and included the video that clearly showed Trump was referring to MS-13 gang bangers.

“These aren’t people. These are animals,” Trump says in response to a question about the MS-13 gang during his roundtable on sanctuary cities. “... because of the weak laws, they come in fast” https://t.co/FfO3D5ug97

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 16, 2018


On Thursday, Trump defended his use of the word “animals,” saying he would continue to use the term to refer to violent gang members.

Answering a reporter’s question during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump said his comment a day earlier had clearly been directed at members of the MS-13 gang.

“MS-13, these are animals coming onto our country,” Trump said. “When the MS-13 comes in, when the other gang members come into our country, I refer to them as animals. And guess what? I always will.”

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