President Trump early Friday slammed ESPN over its "bad programming" and politics, calling for the outlet to apologize for "untruth."

"ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!"

ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017

The tweet comes after the White House has clashed with ESPN anchor Jemele Hill, who called Trump a "white supremacist" and a "bigot" on Twitter.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called Hill's comments a "fireable offense" at a Wednesday press briefing.

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“That is one of the more outrageous comments that anybody could make and certainly is something that is a fireable offense by ESPN,” Sanders said.

Hill in several tweets on Monday said that Trump's rise to the presidency was a direct result of white supremacy in America.

"Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period," Hill wrote. "The height of white privilege is being able to ignore his white supremacy, because it's of no threat to you. Well, it's a threat to me."

ESPN called Hill's Twitter tirade "inappropriate" but declined to discuss disciplinary action in a statement on Monday.