United States President Donald Trump has said it is ‘Fake News’ and not the entire media that is the enemy of the people after his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka distanced herself from his negative remarks about the press.
Trump has been very critical about the media after becoming the US president.
His remarks came hours after his daughter Ivanka said that she does not believe that media is the enemy of the people.
During an event on Thursday, when Ivanka was asked about her father’s oft-repeated accusation that the media is the “enemy of the people”, she said, “No. I do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people.”
“I’ve received my fair share of reporting on me personally that I know not to be fully accurate, so I’ve had some sensitivity around why people have concerns and gripe, especially when they sort of feel targeted,” Ivanka said.
Her remarks were construed as her differences with the president on this issue.
However hours later, US President Trump took to Twitter to clarify this.
“They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people! (sic),” he tweeted.
A few days back, Trump had called American journalists “unpatriotic” as he accused them of putting lives at risk by their reporting.
“When the media -- driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome -- reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk! Very unpatriotic!” he had said in a series of characteristic tweets.
Ivanka Trump, daughter and senior adviser of US President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with political website Axios on Thursday.
-- On separation of immigrant families at the border
“That was a low point for me as well. I felt very strongly about that. I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children, so I would agree with that sentiment. Immigration is incredibly complex as a topic. Illegal immigration is incredibly complicated.”
-- On media is the “enemy of the people” comment by Trump
“No, I do not [think that],” she said. “I’ve certainly received my fair share of reporting on me personally that I know not to be fully accurate, so I have some sensitivity around why people have concerns and gripe, especially when they sort of feel targeted. But no, I do not consider the media the enemy of the people.”
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