President Donald Trump has lashed out at his former national security adviser and “very unfair” media who have warned that he may be entering a trap at his high-stakes meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
In an angry tirade on Wednesday morning, Trump accused the press of conspiring against him in the lead up to Friday’s Russia summit, claiming the “fake news” was “working overtime” to give him less than favorable coverage.
He also referred to St. Petersburg by its Soviet-era name “Leningrad,” prompting mockery across social media.
“Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin,” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil,