Trump admin to reveal proof ‘fake news’ outlets CNN, NY Times ‘lied’ about damage inflicted by US strikes on Iran

President Trump has teased the release Thursday of “irrefutable” proof that “fake news” outlets like CNN and the New York Times “lied” about the damage inflicted by the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Trump said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would hold an 8 a.m. press conference at the Pentagon in honor of the “Great American Pilots” who carried out the bombings.

“These Patriots were very upset! After 36 hours of dangerously flying through Enemy Territory, they landed, they knew the Success was LEGENDARY, and then, two days later, they started reading Fake News by CNN and The Failing New York Times. They felt terribly!” Trump said in a Truth Social post.

“Fortunately for them and, as usual, solely for the purpose of demeaning PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, the Fake News (Times and CNN) lied and totally misrepresented the Facts, none of which they had (because it was too soon, there were no Facts out there yet!).”

“The News Conference will prove both interesting and irrefutable. Enjoy!” he added.

Trump has been adamant that the strikes wiped out Iran’s nuclear facilities and set the program back decades — despite a preliminary intelligence assessment, which was leaked to CNN and others, suggesting Tehran could salvage it within months.

The commander in chief has repeatedly trashed the lefty outlets — accusing them of diminishing the pilots’ results.

“I believe it was total obliteration. I believe they didn’t have a chance to get anything out, because we acted very fast,” he said at the NATO summit on Wednesday.

Speaking to the press, Trump added: “You should be praising those people instead of trying to find out by getting me, by trying to go and get me. You’re hurting those people.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper defended his network’s reporting Wednesday, saying: “Trump and his administration are going after shooting the messengers in an increasingly ugly way.”

Tapper insisted the scrutiny of Trump’s strikes was not directed at service members.

“The key questions for the American people in the world are simply about the degree of success of the operation, and the current state of Iran’s nuclear weapons program and what the intelligence — not the politicians — what the intelligence reveals,” Tapper said.

“We don’t know yet whether this administration is accurately portraying what happened in Iran or not. We don’t. That’s the point of publishing what we know that the government learns, once we learn it … The news media needs to press for facts, even if it’s uncomfortable.”