Trump: Facebook, Cable News, Newspapers Were ‘Always Anti-Trump’

United States President Donald J. Trump conducts a joint press conference with the President of the Government or Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesd... United States President Donald J. Trump conducts a joint press conference with the President of the Government or Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Credit: Ron Sachs / CNP - NO WIRE SERVICE - Photo by: Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS
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In a possible reaction to growing reports that Facebook sold pro-Trump advertisements to a Russian-linked internet research group during the 2016 election, President Donald Trump said the social media giant was “always anti-Trump.”

“Facebook was always anti-Trump. The Networks were always anti-Trump hence, Fake News, @nytimes (apologized) and @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion?” he cryptically tweeted Wednesday morning.

He then went on to tout his success as president so far, saying “the people were Pro-Trump.”

The tweets come as U.S. officials investigate whether about 3,000 advertisements purchased by the Kremlin-linked group were part of a larger initiative by the Russian government to interfere with the 2016 election.

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