President Donald Trump heaped some praise on one of his Democratic predecessors Saturday morning, thanking former President Jimmy Carter for pointing out the media's intense scrutiny of him.
Trump said this on Twitter:
The remark came a week after Carter told The New York Times he feels the media gives Trump a harder time than other presidents.
"I think the media have been harder on Trump than any other president, certainly that I've known about," Carter said. "I think they feel free to claim that Trump is mentally deranged and everything else without hesitation."
Trump threw some playful jabs at the media Friday evening when some of the reporters in the White House press corps brought their kids, wearing their Halloween costumes, into the Oval Office to meet Trump.
"I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children," Trump said. "How the media did this, I don't know."
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