Donald Trump points to his "Make America Great Again" hat as he discuses his support by the National Rifle Association at a rally at the Redding Municipal Airport on June 3 in Redding, Calif. | AP Photo Trump shares article suggesting Obama supported Islamic State precursor

Donald Trump reaffirmed his insinuation that President Barack Obama secretly harbors pro-terrorist sympathies, linking to a Breitbart article reporting that as secretary of state, "Hillary Clinton received a classified intelligence report stating that the Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."

"An: Media fell all over themselves criticizing what DonaldTrump 'may have insinuated about @POTUS.' But he's right," Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning, linking to the Breitbart article published Tuesday. (It was not clear what he meant by "An.")

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The Breitbart article itself cites a 2012 document obtained by the conservative group Judicial Watch, which it reported as an intelligence information report produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency. In the memo, Al Qaeda in Iraq, part of the group that evolved into the Islamic State, is represented through Muhammad Al Adnani, who was named as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" by the State Department in 2014.

The memo noted that "the West, Gulf countries and Turkey support the opposition," which would include AQI, against Syrian President Bashar Assad, who it said was being supported by Russia, China and Iran. The memo, likely one of many intelligence reports on what was then an incipient civil war, does not necessarily reflect the consensus of U.S. intelligence agencies then or now.

In denouncing Obama's response to the threat of radical Islamic terrorism on Monday, Trump said in a telephone interview on Fox News that the president either "doesn't get it or he gets it better than anybody understands."

Trump later barred the Washington Post from covering his rallies after the newspaper ran an article about those comments with the headline, "Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting."

“Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post,” Trump posted on Facebook Monday, pointing to the Orlando story.