US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has lashed out against CNN in a series of tweets after three of the network’s journalists resigned following its retraction of a story that alleged ties between a Russian bank and a top Trump ally.

“Wow, CNN had to retract big story on ‘Russia,’ with 3 employees forced to resign,” Mr Trump tweeted. “What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS!”

Wow, CNN had to retract big story on "Russia," with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017

Fake News CNN is looking at big management changes now that they got caught falsely pushing their phony Russian stories. Ratings way down! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017

So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017

He also came after other networks in another tweet.

“So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News!” he wrote.

The president also retweeted a doctored image of the network’s logo that refers to CNN as FNN — or the Fake News Network.

Reporter Thomas Frank, editor Eric Lichtblau and Lex Haris, who oversaw the investigations unit, have all left the company, the network reported Monday.

The pulled story connected financier Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump transition-team official, to a Russian investment fund run by a bank controlled by the Kremlin.

CNN said it retracted the piece because the information was not “solid enough” to publish. The network did not cite any factual errors or mistakes in the piece.

“In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story’s publication,” a CNN spokesman said.

Scaramucci, who disputed the article, tweeted on Saturday that he accepted the apology — calling CNN’s retraction a “classy move.”