President Trump Called The Sun "Fake News". But The Tabloid Quoted Him Accurately.

The president called the Murdoch tabloid's on-the-record, recorded interview "fake news".

US president Donald Trump has labelled Murdoch tabloid the Sun "fake news" for its publication of an exclusive interview, despite the newspaper conducting the interview on the record and accurately quoting him.

In a press conference alongside Theresa May at Chequers on Friday, Trump tried to contain the fallout after his comments criticising the prime minister's proposed Brexit deal, which had run in Friday's edition of the newspaper.

"I didn’t criticise the prime minister," Trump said.

"I have a lot of respect for the prime minister and unfortunately there was a story that was done and it was generally fine but it didn’t put in what I said about the prime minister.

"I said tremendous things. Fortunately we tend to record stories now so we have it, so we can have it for your enjoyment if you’d like it.

"We record when we deal with reporters – it’s called 'fake news'."

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