Trump rips NBC News on jobs report: It’s ‘fake news’

Donald Trump blasted NBC News on Wednesday, accusing the news outlet of “going out of its way” to report that the president-elect is not responsible for some companies’ decisions to keep manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

“FAKE NEWS,” he tweeted. Trump also specifically ripped NBC’s “Today” show. 

Totally biased @NBCNews went out of its way to say that the big announcement from Ford, G.M., Lockheed & others that jobs are coming back…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017

to the U.S., but had nothing to do with TRUMP, is more FAKE NEWS. Ask top CEO’s of those companies for real facts. Came back because of me!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017

No wonder the Today Show on biased @NBC is doing so badly compared to its glorious past. Little credibility!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017

A Tuesday NBC News story detailed how companies like General Motors and Wal-Mart appear to be billing normal or planned job creation as newly spurred to build a good relationship with Trump and avoid the wrath of the president-elect’s Twitter feed.

{mosads}And “Today” on Wednesday morning had a segment discussing how some companies’ job creation plans have been months in the making and are not directly influenced by Trump. 

The CEOs of Fiat Chrysler and Ford said job announcements were business decisions and not a result of pressure from Trump https://t.co/lh8MhyoIAf

— David Shepardson (@davidshepardson) January 18, 2017

Trump campaigned for president on a platform of bringing manufacturing jobs to the U.S. and reducing the country’s trade deficit with countries like China and Mexico.

He scored his first major victory as president-elect in December, when air-conditioner-manufacturing giant Carrier announced that it would keep about 1,000 jobs in the U.S., rather than outsourcing them to Mexico.