Trump Goes On Unhinged Rant, Targets NY Times And CNN As 'Evil Losers!!!' Over Iran ‘Fake Plan’

The ceasefire that put at least a temporary end to the Iran war has led to a great deal of confusion over exactly what was or wasn’t agreed to. Various news outlets have published versions of the 10-point plan that was the basis for the agreement, although, once again, it’s not clear exactly what was agreed to.

In a Friday Truth Social post, the president got upset about the reporting on this.

“The Failing New York Times and Fake News CNN each reported a totally FAKE TEN POINT PLAN on the Iran negotiations which was meant to discredit the people involved in the peace process. All ten points were a made up HOAX – EVIL LOSERS!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” Trump said on Truth Social.

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What’s the truth?

Per The Daily Beast, different parts of the Iranian government have said different things about the peace plan.

“CNN reported on both, earning Trump’s ire. He responded with two Truth Social posts, accusing the network of sourcing the statement from a ‘fake news site,'” the report said. “He added that authorities were investigating whether it had committed a crime by doing so.”

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Friday that Tehran’s proposed 10-point plan will be the basis for the negotiations, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.

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Due to the First Amendment, CNN reporting that could not possibly be a crime. Nor, as Trump did later, does the president or any other government authority have the power to “order” a news organization to withdraw reporting.

“CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible ‘reporting,’” the president wrote earlier this week. “Results of the investigation will be announced in the near future.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper defended the network, stating that the statements “did not fit the messaging that the Trump administration wanted to project.”

“The statement in question was obtained by CNN from Iranian officials and reported on multiple Iranian state media outlets. We received the statement from specific official Iranian spokespeople who are known to us,” CNN later said in a separate statement.

The truth seems to be that were multiple 10-point plans, and that people in the Iranian government issued different statements. However, the idea that CNN or the Times has made anything up is clearly false.

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