January 21, 2017 🟡 Significant

Declares "running war with the media" in front of CIA Memorial Wall

On his first full day in office, Trump visited the CIA headquarters. Standing in front of the Memorial Wall of stars honoring fallen agents, he boasted about his crowd size and declared, "I have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on Earth." The setting was widely criticized as disrespectful.

"I have a running war with the media." — Speech at CIA Headquarters

Categories

Offenses:
abuse-of-power disinformation bullying
Domains:
national-security media
Tags:
#cia#media-attack#disrespect