Jayne O'Donnell

USA TODAY

President-elect Donald Trump said he will be "very restrained" on Twitter in an interview to be aired Sunday night on 60 Minutes.

But Trump hasn't lost all his Twitter fire. Not one to forgive a grudge easily, Sunday morning he devoted several tweets to tweaking the New York Times calling it "dishonest" and suggesting it had circulation losses related to its critical coverage of his campaign.

The fact checking started almost immediately. The Times said it has actually added four times its normal number of new digital and print subscriptions, even after cancellations, POLITICO reported.

Trump also tweeted nice notes about top Republicans who did not support him reaching out to congratulate him on his upset presidential victory.

Trump tweeted that he received congratulatory phone calls from former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush and former presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney that were "very nice!" The people of Ohio were "incredible," and their governor, former primary rival John Kasich, called too, Trump tweeted.