President Donald Trump is demanding credit from major news outlets for what he calls a win in Iran, slamming the New York Times and CNN for refusing to praise him. According to MEAWW, in a Truth Social post on April 17, 2026, he accused the organizations of scrambling for ways to criticize his administration’s handling of tensions in the Strait of Hormuz but coming up empty.
His frustration boiled over into a direct challenge: “Why don’t they just say, at the right time, JOB WELL DONE, MR. PRESIDENT, and start to gain back their credibility???” The post doubled down on his long-standing claim that media bias is preventing fair coverage of his foreign policy moves.
