President Donald Trump has launched another attack on the New York Times – after the paper had to run an embarrassing correction after misidentifying NATO in its print edition headline.
“The Failing New York Times, whose lack of credibility, and their constant Fake News attacks on your favorite President, ME, has caused its circulation to absolutely PLUMMET, referred to our severely weakened and extremely unreliable “partner,”NATO, as the North American Treaty Organization,” Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday morning.
“The correct name is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – A very interesting mistake! The hiring and educational standards have gone way down at the NYT. Bring back, “ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT” and, Make America Great Again! President DJT,” he concluded.
The Times addressed the error Friday when it wrote that it had “misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization.”
The goof comes at a difficult time for NATO. Trump has hammered the mutual defense treaty organization after multiple member nations declined to join the US-Israel attack on Iran and refused his requests to use their own militaries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
NATO chief Mark Rutte heads to Washington next week to meet with Trump to discuss the standoff.