‘It’s Almost Treasonous’: President Trump Calls Out Media Over ‘Fake News’ About Iran

“Treason” is a word that has become more common in everyday conversations, but it carries even more weight when it comes from the White House.

That’s one reason President Donald Trump’s recent Fox News interview was notable, as the New York Post reported:

“It’s so sad when you look at CNN, The New York Times, ABC, fake news, NBC fake news. When you look at their stuff, it’s so sad to see it,” Trump vented on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “It’s almost treasonous, actually, if you want to really know that.”

“But if you’re reading the New York Times, they certainly would say that [we] are doing great in the war,” he added, arguing that Iran was decimated in the war.

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The mainstream media’s apparent bias against the Trump administration’s action in Iran has sparked significant discussion on social media:

On the @HughHewitt show, @ByronYork says press coverage of the Iran conflict shows a strong anti-Trump bias, which goes beyond normal scrutiny of military actions. He argues this bias affects how U.S. operations are portrayed, raising the question of whether the media is rooting… pic.twitter.com/Osv1ZTNUcp

— Salem News Channel (@WatchSalemNews) March 18, 2026

Tom Friedman of the NYT bluntly shines a terrible light on how much of the liberal MSM covers ALL the news.

Their anti-Trump bias taints how they cover the news, to the point where they are torn over the Iran War because they don’t want Trump to win it.

This is why it’s so… https://t.co/zE05t0Ru5k

— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) April 12, 2026

𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: "𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐒 “𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆” 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐈𝐆!"

President Trump went scorched earth on the media’s Iran coverage.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴… pic.twitter.com/zwIPsCwTC6

— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 11, 2026

After announcing a ceasefire earlier this month, Trump was criticized by many of the same media outlets that had previously condemned his initial actions in Iran.

Voz pointed out the hypocrisy:

Immediately, the Iranian regime activated its entire propaganda apparatus. Global, far-left allies and enemies of the West also lined up. All, in unison, they proclaimed the same thing: President Trump gave up on Iran, he chickened out and the ayatollahs have won.

This is paradoxical, because a few hours earlier all that propaganda apparatus, after Trump said that on Tuesday night “a civilization” would die, claimed that the United States was ready to commit genocide in Iran. In the evening, the same people said that Trump had chickened out (because, according to them, he did not commit genocide).

The contortions are remarkable: trying to profile as victorious a regime whose supreme leader was blown to smithereens, the entire hierarchy decapitated, the military force diminished, and the nuclear infrastructure in ruins.

Here’s a clip of Trump’s appearance Sunday morning on Fox News:

What’s your perspective?