"The failing @nytimes has been wrong about me from the very beginning," President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday morning. | Getty Trump: New York Times is 'fake news'

President Donald Trump on Saturday railed against the New York Times and the Washington Post on Twitter, continuing his longstanding assault on media outlets.

The president labeled the Times as "fake news," and said that it and the Washington Post's coverage of Trump has been "so false and angry."


"The failing @nytimes has been wrong about me from the very beginning. Said I would lose the primaries, then the general election. FAKE NEWS!" Trump tweeted at 8:04 a.m.

"Thr coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost gas been so false and angry that the times actually apologized to its....." he wrote in another tweet containing several spelling errors a few minutes later. "...dwindling subscribers and readers.They got me wrong right from the beginning and still have not changed course, and never will. DISHONEST"

The failing @nytimes has been wrong about me from the very beginning. Said I would lose the primaries, then the general election. FAKE NEWS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2017





Thr coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost gas been so false and angry that the times actually apologized to its..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2017





...dwindling subscribers and readers.They got me wrong right from the beginning and still have not changed course, and never will. DISHONEST — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2017



It is unclear as to what prompted Trump's criticism, though the Times published an article on Trump's first week in office Friday evening and both the Times and Post had extensive coverage on his executive orders to suspend Syrian refugees' entry to the U.S. and his visa ban on seven Muslim countries.

Despite Trump's statements that the Times apologized about their coverage, the organization has not. In November, a letter was sent out to subscribers thanking them for their loyalty and promising continued strong coverage of Trump. The letter, however, also stated they underestimated Trump during the election.

Following Trump's win on Nov. 8 to Nov. 12, the New York Times told CNBC that they saw a net increase of 132,000 paid subscriptions.

The Times responded to Trump's statements on Twitter, saying subscribers and their audience are "at all-time highs."

"[email protected] Fact check: @nytimes subscribers & audience at all-time highs. Supporting independent journalism matters." the Times' communications account wrote.