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At the end of a tumultous week, Donald Trump goes after the media.

18/02/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The World This Week, At the end of a tumultous week, Donald Trump goes after the media.

A surprise news conference on Thursday: Trump says media are distorting the real picture.

At the end of week four of his presidency, which saw his National Security Advisor resign, Donald Trump held a hastily arranged news conference to blame the media for most of his problems. He told the gathered journalists: "I turn on the TV, open the newspapers and I see stories of chaos, chaos; yet, it is the exact opposite: this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine."

Photo: Donald Trump speaking to reporters in the East Room at the White House.
Credit: Getty Images.

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