The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has linked an alleged fake news report by CNN to a Nigeria-based news website.
Trump, in two posts on his Truth Social, said that the news on Wednesday was over the ceasefire reached on Tuesday night with Iran.
He quoted the CNN alleged fake report as having said: “The enemy, in its unfair, unlawful, and criminal war against the Iranian nation, has suffered an undeniable, historic, and crushing defeat.”
The quote was attributed to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) in the wake of the ceasefire deal.
Reacting in a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “No one can believe that Fake News CNN put out a knowingly false and dangerous statement pretending it came from the upper levels of the Iranian Government.
“It didn’t!
“It was totally made up and posted, as a headline, for purpose of, perhaps, inflaming a very delicate situation.
“It was a new, trouble making site from Nigeria, and CNN just got caught cheating – A very dangerous thing to do!”
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In a second post, still on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “The alleged Statement put out by CNN World News is a FRAUD, as CNN well knows.
“The false Statement was linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared out as ‘legitimate’ headline.
“The Official Statement by Iran was just released, and posted on TRUTH, below. Authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed on the issuance of the Fake CNN World Statement, or was it a sick rogue player?
“CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible ‘reporting.’
“Results of the investigation will be announced in the near future.”
