Trump Goes Nuclear On The Press Over 'Dictator' Slams During Meeting With Zelensky In Oval Office

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Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Trump slammed criticism of his crime crackdown in Washington, D.C.

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00:00I got a question for you. This sounds insane for me even to ask this.

00:04Do you think the American media really doesn't even want a peace deal?

00:07Because they've seen they've been so critical of you every step of the way as you lead the charge for peace.

00:14It's an amazing phenomenon.

00:17I said that if in the settlement you've got Moscow, St. Petersburg, and thousands of miles around them,

00:23they would say, I made a bad deal.

00:24So the level of hatred and animosity is incredible.

00:32Not with all. I mean, we have great people up here.

00:34We also have terrible people up there that I think are told what to say.

00:39But, you know, in solving all of these wars, they don't even write about it.

00:43You know, I saw major wars.

00:44I saw wars that have been going on for 31, 35, and 37, and a couple of quicker ones.

00:50One that was going to go into a full-blown deal very quickly.

00:55You know, the one I'm talking about. It was a big one.

00:57But they don't even write about that.

01:00No matter what I do, no matter what, and, you know, this is not anything to do with you.

01:07It's probably to your advantage in a certain way.

01:09But no matter what I do, no matter what deal I make, from my standpoint, you'll come out good.

01:14Maybe President Putin will come out good.

01:17But they'll say Trump was absolutely horrible.

01:21It's just that, and I've lived with that for a long time.

01:24I've lived with it since just before the first election.

01:28I used to get great publicity.

01:30Now I get the worst publicity anyone's ever gotten in office.

01:34But I won in a landslide so that people understand.

01:37They're the only ones that count, ultimately.

01:39But I've also had great reporters.

01:41I've had journalists that are very good.

01:44But it's very sad when you do the right thing.

01:48As an example, they said, because of the fact that Vladimir Putin came to American soil,

01:55this was a tremendous defeat for Donald Trump.

01:57No.

01:59It was really wonderful that he did it.

02:02It was a hard thing for him to do, to be honest with you.

02:05It was the opposite of what they said.

02:07But they said it.

02:08Now, if he didn't come, they'd say that was also bad for Trump.

02:11There's no way.

02:13And there's just a great dishonesty of the press.

02:16And I think that's why it's lost its credibility.

02:18You know, its credibility is at an all-time low.

02:22We have a thing going on right now in D.C.

02:24We went from the most unsafe place anywhere to a place that now people, friends are calling

02:32me up, Democrats are calling me up, and they're saying, sir, I want to thank you.

02:36My wife and I went out to dinner last night for the first time in four years.

02:41And Washington, D.C. is safe.

02:44And you did that in four days.

02:46I'll tell you, it's safe.

02:47I had another friend of mine, he has a son, who's a great golfer, he's on tour,

02:52and he came in fourth yesterday in the big tournament where Scotty Scheffler made the

02:56great shot.

02:57And he said, his son is going to dinner in Washington, D.C. tonight.

03:03I said, would you have allowed that to happen a year ago?

03:06He said, no way.

03:07No way.

03:07He said, what you've done is incredible.

03:10And I think the people realize it.

03:12But the press says, he's a dictator.

03:15He's trying to take over.

03:17No, all I want is security for our people.

03:19But people that haven't gone out to dinner in Washington, D.C. in two years are going out to dinner.

03:25And the restaurants, the last two days, were busier than they've been in a long time.

03:31I walked around yesterday with MTG.

03:33If you can walk around D.C. with MTG and not be attacked, the city is safe.

03:37Thank you, Mr. President.

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