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"Trump: I never said Japan should have nukes (he did)," read on-screen text during CNN's "At This Hour" on Thursday morning.

Trump is inspiring CNN to be more creative with its chyrons pic.twitter.com/XAxDiNtoBZ — Liz del Carmen (@LizMartinezG) June 2, 2016

CNN chyron just now: "Trump: I never said Japan should have nukes (He did)" — Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) June 2, 2016

The display was a reflection of the heightened efforts among media to hold the outspoken presumptive Republican presidential nominee to his positions amid his shifting rhetoric. The network has also put a focus on publicly fact-checking the businessman, with CNN's Jake Tapper repeatedly debunking conspiracy theories Trump has entertained. Trump responded Thursday by saying the network gives him "little proper representation." Last month Trump said in a tweet responding to something stated on the network, "I no longer watch." Do you ever notice that @CNN gives me very little proper representation on my policies. Just watched-nobody knew anything about my foreign P — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2016 Trump floated the possibility of removing U.S. troops from Japan and South Korea and replacing them with nuclear weapons in an interview with The New York Times in March. He also expressed a willingness to Japan and South Korea having their own nuclear weapons. "[T]here’ll be a point at which we’re just not going to be able to do it anymore. Now, does that mean nuclear? It could mean nuclear," Trump said. "[T]here’ll be a point at which we’re just not going to be able to do it anymore. Now, does that mean nuclear? It could mean nuclear," Trump said.

"If Japan had that nuclear threat, I’m not sure that would be a bad thing for us," he added.