WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve retweeted a doctored image with the CNN logo imposed on a bloodlike splatter under his shoe, prompting an outcry — with critics deeming the picture and its timing offensive.
The image had originated from a Twitter account named “oregon4TRUMP”, as a reply to one of Trump’s tweets boasting about his first-year achievements.
“So many things accomplished by the Trump Administration, perhaps more than any other President in first year,” Trump had tweeted on Saturday afternoon. “Sadly, will never be reported correctly by the Fake News Media!”
“Thank you President TRUMP!!” oregon4TRUMP replied, adding an apparently altered image of Trump in the back of a car with the crushed CNN logo on the sole of his left shoe. The image had additional text superimposed on it that read, “WINNING”.
On Sunday morning, in between tweets promoting a conspiracy theory about FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and attacking “Fake News” and “Fake Polls”, Trump retweeted the image to his more than 45 million followers.
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