Recently, U.S. media outlets obtained internal documents from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reporting that damage to Iran's nuclear facilities from airstrikes on three locations was limited, while President Donald Trump expressed anger at the media outlets that reported this.
On the 25th (local time), President Trump held a press conference for about 30 minutes as the last agenda of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit in The Hague, Netherlands, where he unleashed harsh words against left-leaning media such as CNN, The New York Times (NYT), and MSNBC, which criticized him.
President Trump noted, "I spoke with the pilots from Missouri who participated in the airstrikes on Iran, and they are currently in despair," adding, "Those who live ordinary lives cannot understand the 'fake news' written by people who come out like scum and write as negatively as possible."
Nearby, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also grabbed the microphone and said, "There is a reason why 'fake news' is called fake news," unleashing a tirade. CNN and NYT reported the previous day that the airstrikes on Iran only caused a delay in Iran's nuclear program by several months.
On that day, President Trump emphasized again, "Iran's nuclear program has clearly been destroyed, and they will never have nuclear capabilities again," stating, "When we attacked the nuclear facilities by air, the war truly ended."
On the way back home, he posted on his social media (SNS), 'Truth Social,' mentioning CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand by name and saying, "She should be fired from CNN," adding that "she should be immediately condemned and chased out like a dog."
He then criticized the New York Times (NYT), which made similar reports, without revealing the reporters' names, as "really bad and sick people." White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun an investigation regarding the leak of the DIA report, arguing that "those who leaked to the media should go to jail."