President Trump mocked the “Washington media” on Saturday evening, hours after publishing an op-ed in the Washington Post touting achievements during the first 100 days of his administration.

Trump spent much of the beginning of his 100-day rally in Pennsylvania slamming the media, saying he “could not possibly be more thrilled” to be “more than 100 miles away from the Washington swamp."

"They are gathered together for the White House correspondents’ dinner — without the president," Trump said to a mixture of boos and cheers, referring to the annual D.C. dinner he skipped on Saturday night.

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Trump’s op-ed was a celebration of his first 100 days in office. He wrote that he kept his promise to Americans to “transfer power from Washington, D.C., and give it back to the people.”

He criticized media in his op-ed for “not telling the story” of his successes.

“The same establishment media that concealed these problems — and profited from them — is obviously not going to tell this story,” Trump wrote. “That is why we are taking our message directly to America.”