In a morning Twitter rant, President Trump said that social media is more important and more powerful than some traditional news outlets.

The comments come in concert with Thursday’s White House social media summit, which will be used to discuss perceived social media bias with a number of prominent online figures.

“A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies. We will not let them get away with it much longer. The Fake News Media will also be there, but for a limited period.

“The Fake News is not as important, or as powerful, as Social Media. They have lost tremendous credibility since that day in November, 2016, that I came down the escalator with the person who was to become your future First Lady,” Trump tweeted.

....The Fake News is not as important, or as powerful, as Social Media. They have lost tremendous credibility since that day in November, 2016, that I came down the escalator with the person who was to become your future First Lady. When I ultimately leave office in six...... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2019

In the same string of tweets, the president went on to attack some of the Democrats looking to unseat him in 2020, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who claimed she was part Native American before a DNA test proved that she had only a very marginal amount of Native ancestry. Additionally, he went after front-runner Joe Biden and appeared to take a swing at South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who he has in the past compared to Mad Magazine’s mascot Alfred E. Neuman.

“When I ultimately leave office in six … years, or maybe 10 or 14 (just kidding), they will quickly go out of business for lack of credibility, or approval, from the public. That’s why they will all be Endorsing me at some point, one way or the other. Could you imagine having Sleepy Joe Biden, or @AlfredENeuman99

“Or a very nervous and skinny version of Pocahontas (1000/24th), as your President, rather than what you have now, so great looking and smart, a true Stable Genius! Sorry to say that even Social Media would be driven out of business along with, and finally, the Fake News Media!” he added to the tweet thread.