President Donald Trump offered rare praise for the New York Times on Sunday after publication of an opinion piece written by a contributor to the newspaper as he continued to rail against the 'hit job' against him by special counsel Robert Mueller.

'Do you believe this? The New York Times Op-Ed: MEDIA AND DEMOCRATS OWE TRUMP AN APOLOGY. Well, they got that one right!,' he wrote on Twitter.

The president was referring to an opinion piece written on Thursday entitled 'Barr Is Right About Everything. Admit You Were Wrong.' The author is Christopher Buskirk, the editor of the American Greatness journal and a contributing opinion writer to the newspaper.

President Donald Trump offered rare praise for the New York Times on Sunday

Burskirk was on 'Fox & Friends' - the president's favorite morning show - on Sunday morning.

Trump also continued the drum beat against the Mueller 'hit job' he claims was an attack on his presidency.

'The Trump Haters and Angry Democrats who wrote the Mueller Report were devastated by the No Collusion finding! Nothing but a total “hit job” which should never have been allowed to start in the first place!,' he wrote.

Trump has long claimed to have been a victim of Mueller even as he claimed the special counsel's report vindicated him.

He's also repeated his often used charge that Mueller's investigative team was made up of Democrats.

Mueller is a registered Republican who was appointed by Republican Deputy Attorney General Rob Rosenstein. Of his 17 team members, 13 are registered Democrats, according to reports.

Trump has been on a tear about the report since the redacted version was released to the public on Thursday morning.

On Friday, he slammed the 'Crazy Mueller Report,' insisting that parts of it were 'fabricated' and 'total bullsh*t' and he never made embarrassing statements that were attributed to him.

The media has been another target of the president's.

Trump has long railed against The New York Times as 'fake news,' particularly when it writes a story about his administration he doesn't like.

'The Washington Post and New York Times are, in my opinion, two of the most dishonest media outlets around. Truly, the Enemy of the People!,' he tweeted on Friday.

Burskirk, in his Thursday opinion piece, defended Attorney General William Barr, who has come under criticism from Democrats for his defense of Trump, and said the media owns the president an apology.

Christopher Buskirk, the editor of the American Greatness journal, wrote a Thursday opinion piece in the New York Times that Trump praised

Trump claims to be a victim of Robert Mueller (above) even as he claims the special counsel's report vindicated him of collusion and obstruction

Trump has long attacked the Times as 'fake news'

'The American political and media elites that spent the first two years of the Trump administration promoting the Russian collusion hoax have some explaining to do. And not merely explaining: They owe the president an apology,' he wrote.

American Greatness touts itself as building a 'strong, independent conservative voice.'

Trump has been claiming vindication since Mueller completed his report on Russia's role in the 2016 election.

The report found no evidence of criminal collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia.

Mueller left it up to Barr to determine if obstruction charges should be pressed against President Trump. Barr, working with Rosenstein, said there was no obstruction.

But Democrats have latched on to this line from Mueller's 448-page report: 'If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would state so. Based on the facts and applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment.'

Mueller also noted in his report that Congress can still prosecute Trump for obstruction.

‘The conclusion that Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the President's corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law,’ he wrote.