U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews following a visit to North Carolina, in Maryland, U.S., June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
President Donald Trump unloaded a late-night tirade Tuesday against multiple top media outlets whom he accused of trying to "demean" what he called one of the "most successful military strikes in history," referring to the U.S. bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities.
After Trump's Middle East envoy melted down on Fox News over the leaking of an intelligence report to CNN, Trump himself blasted CNN, along with The New York Times, which also received the top secret report. The initial U.S. intelligence assessment undercut Trump's boast that Iran's nuclear program had been "obliterated."
"FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK TIMES, HAVE TEAMED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEMEAN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY STRIKES IN HISTORY. THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED! BOTH THE TIIMES AND CNN ARE GETTING SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC!" he raged on his Truth Social app.
His rant came after Steve Witkoff, the administration's Middle East envoy, told Laura Ingraham on her Fox News show Tuesday night that the leak was "treasonous."
"It goes without saying that leaking that kind of information, whatever the information, whatever site it comes out on, it's outrageous," Witkoff railed. "It's treasonous. It ought to be investigated."