Trump demands, gets apology from Washington Post reporter

by Dramelin 9:00 PM 0 comments

President Donald Trump has demanded and received an apology from a Washington Post reporter over a photo of Trump`s Florida rally on Friday.
Trump tweeted Saturday that ".
@DaveWeigel @WashingtonPost put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before I arrived @ the venue, w/ thousands of people outside, on their way in.
" The post included photos of the Pensacola venue as Trump spoke.
"Packed house, many people unable to get in.
Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!" Trump tweeted from his Florida estate, where he was spending the weekend.
Weigel apologized within minutes.
"Sure thing: I apologize," Weigel tweeted.
Weigel said he deleted the photo after another reporter "told me I`d gotten it wrong.
" Trump said in a follow-up tweet that Weigel should be fired.
At Friday`s rally, Trump pointed to a CNN correction and other corrections and clarifications by news organizations in the past week on stories that initially had been damaging to the president but didn`t live up to the scrutiny.