President Donald Trump says he takes pride in decreasing media favorability during his time as president.
His comments came during a 31-minute interview with The Daily Caller, which was posted Thursday.
Trump said people get “what’s going on with the fake news.”
“Now they get it — you know they (media outlets) had a very high approval rating before I became president and I think it’s actually a great achievement of mine,” he said. “Their approval rating now is down as low as just about anybody. And much lower than your president. I actually have good approval ratings, which nobody ever writes. I was at 51, I guess, with Rasmussen the other day.”
Trump had strong words for CNN and its reporter Jim Acosta, who is suing after the administration revoked his White House press credentials.
"So I will say that I really think that when you have guys like Acosta, I think they’re bad for the country," he said. "Because they show how fake it all is. And it’s a grandstander, and we’ll see how the court rules.
"Is it freedom of the press when somebody comes in and starts screaming questions and won’t sit down after having answered a couple of them? And then won’t sit down and then I can’t ask you guys because he’s standing — I don’t think that’s freedom of the press, I actually think that’s the opposite."
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