At least he said it to their faces this time.

A defiant Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference Friday inside City Hall’s press room, where he doubled down on his Trump-esque attacks on the city’s media — while insisting he has nothing in common with the president himself.

“Donald Trump has spent his entire life trying to divide people, he’s a rich guy who’s tried to reinforce the power of the wealthy. I have spent my whole life trying to support and empower everyday people, working people, people who have been left out,” de Blasio fumed.

“I have a progressive, left-wing critique of the media — I think it’s the corporate media that in too many ways is not telling the larger truth of our society. Donald Trump has a right-wing, anti-media attitude that’s trying to reinforce the powerful rights and prerogatives in this country.”

The press conference came a day after City Hall was forced by court order to release a trove of emails that showed the mayor privately rages about even mild coverage of his administration — and once prayed for the “demise” of the New York Post.

But instead of offering an olive branch, de Blasio continued his assault on the media’s credibility, insisting that “corporate media” outlets are inherently biased by their owners — and that New York’s press doesn’t spend enough time celebrating his achievements.

“I do not see enough about the recognition of the things that are working and that are affecting huge number of people,” he said, conceding that he also clearly needs to learn how to “communicate a message more clearly.”

He said his gripe is not with the individuals in the press pack, but rather their companies — yet proceeded to question reporters’ “version of the facts” and blame their “sensationalized” stories for his own lack of transparency.

“We started with an immense amount of access, including right in front of my house when I was shoveling snow … [and] some people abused that, in my opinion,” he said.

“Evident truths were not reported along with the negatives.”

He also partially blamed the press after emails showed the mayor and his team spend an inordinate amount of time stressing about de Blasio’s image.

“It’s part of life, guys — you have to think about how things are perceived including because of the tabloid culture, how things will be warped out of all possible meaning and you have to defend against that, so of course people have to put time into that,” de Blasio said.