President Donald Trump on Sunday morning tweeted a video of himself literally beating up CNN, calling the news network "fraud news."
The video, which appears to be edited from actual footage of Trump beating up World Wrestling Entertainment chairman and CEO Vince McMahon at "Wrestlemania 23" in 2007, shows CNN's logo over McMahon's face. Trump clotheslines McMahon and then starts punching him in the face multiple times.
The video ends with a mock-CNN slogan that reads, "Fraud News Network."
#FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017
McMahon's wife, Linda, currently serves in the Trump administration as the administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Trump has had a longstanding feud with CNN since last year during his presidential campaign, when he began calling the network "fake news" for what he calls their slanted coverage of him. Trump has tweeted several times over the weekend against CNN.
The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard to convince Republicans and others I should not use social media - but remember, I won....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2017
....the 2016 election with interviews, speeches and social media. I had to beat #FakeNews, and did. We will continue to WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2017
I am thinking about changing the name #FakeNews CNN to #FraudNewsCNN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2017
I am extremely pleased to see that @CNN has finally been exposed as #FakeNews and garbage journalism. It's about time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2017
CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta tweeted out the network's response to Trump's tweet on Sunday slamming the news network.
CNN response: "It is a sad day when the President of the United States encourages violence against reporters..." pic.twitter.com/YIlYewz3Gc
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) July 2, 2017
Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe over the past week released three undercover videos of CNN employees admitting to slanted coverage against Trump, including one producer who said that Trump's White House counselor, Kellyanne Conway, looks like "she got hit with a shovel."