President Trump salutes America’s war veterans and says “we all bleed the same red blood” during the Celebrate Freedom Rally on Saturday at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington

Donald Trump’s spat with the mainstream media went to a new level yesterday as investigations into his associates’ alleged links with Russia took a dramatic turn.

Even by his own controversial standards, Mr Trump’s Twitter feed entered a bizarre phase when he tweeted a doctored video showing him grappling with a figurative CNN newsman.

Trump’s history with Putin

His personal battle with the media came amid reports that a Republican activist was given emails stolen from Hillary Clinton by foreign hackers.

Peter W Smith, who died last month aged 81, implied that he was working with Michael Flynn, a top adviser to the Trump campaign, when attempting to recruit security experts to verify the documents.

Mr Flynn, 58, has since become a central figure in four congressional investigations and