Trump rips media again

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump challenged skeptical media coverage of his historic summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, declaring that “Fake News” is the nation’s “biggest enemy.”

The president tweeted after returning from his Singapore summit that “the

Fake News, especially NBC and CNN,” are “fighting hard to downplay the deal with North Korea.” He added: “500 days ago they would have ‘begged’ for this deallooked like war would break out.”

“Our Country’s biggest enemy is the

Fake News so easily promulgated by fools!” Trump tweeted. including experts from the U.S. and other partners around the world, Pompeo said. “We’re prepared to execute this once we’re in a position that we can actually get to a place where we can do it.”

While Trump was facing questions at home and among allies about the significance of the summit, North Korean state media heralded claims of a victorious meeting with the U.S. president. Photos of Kim standing side-byside with Trump on the world stage were splashed across newspapers.

In Japan, the prospect of canceled U.s.-south Korean drills was met with concern.

“The U.s.-south Korea joint exercises and U.S. forces in South Korea play significant roles for the security in East Asia,” Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters Wednesday. He said he planned to continue sharing the view with Washington and Seoul.