Trump retweets image depicting 'CNN' squashed beneath his shoe
President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve retweeted a doctored image with the CNN logo imposed on a bloodlike splatter under  his  shoe  prompting an outcry — with critics deeming the picture and its timing offensive.
The image had originated from a Twitter account named "oregon4TRUMP " as a reply to one of  Trump 's tweets boasting about  his  first-year achievements.
"So many things accomplished by the Trump Administration  perhaps more than any other President in first year "  Trump  had tweeted Saturday afternoon. "Sadly  will never be reported correctly by the Fake News Media!"
"Thank you  President TRUMP !!" oregon4TRUMP replied  adding an apparently altered image of  Trump  in the back of a car with the crushed CNN logo on the sole of  his  left shoe. The image had additional text superimposed on it that read  "WINNING."
On Sunday morning  in between tweets promoting a conspiracy theory about FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and attacking "Fake News" and "Fake Polls "  Trump  retweeted the image to  his  more than 45 million followers.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper noted  Trump 's tweet with a simple observation: "CNN-labeled blood on the sole of his shoe. Retweeted by the President of the United States on Christmas Eve."
In response to Tapper  Jason Osborne  a former  Trump  campaign adviser  defended the image and accused Tapper of "(making) everything about your network."
The image was of a bug because it "clearly has eyes " Osborne insisted. He also argued that  Trump  may not have noticed the CNN logo at the bottom of his shoe and retweeted the picture because he liked the way he looked in it.
Trump has had a contentious relationship with the press since his campaign  regularly lashing out at certain media outlets — even individual journalists — and accusing many publications and news stations of being "fake news." CNN has regularly been the subject of  Trump 's attacks  on Twitter and in speeches. Earlier this month  after CNN apologized for mistakenly reporting the timing of a WikiLeaks-related email   Trump  used the error as an opportunity to attack the network again.
"CNN apologized just a little while ago "  Trump  said at a rally in Pensacola  Fla. "They apologized. Oh  thank you  CNN. Thank you so much. You should've been apologizing for the last two years."
Sunday's tweet was not the first time that  Trump  has shared a doctored image on Twitter  particularly related to CNN. In July — on another Sunday morning  just before Independence Day —  Trump  tweeted an edited video clip that showed  him  slamming a man with "CNN" superimposed on  his  head to the ground. In the video   Trump  then throws punches at the man's head  before walking away.
 Trump  appended the tweet with two hashtags: "#FraudNewsCNN" and "#FNN."
That tweet prompted a round of condemnation from mostly Democratic lawmakers  who blasted  Trump  for being "crude  false  and unpresidential." A little-known Reddit user claimed credit for the doctored CNN video; the fact that the president had sent it out to his millions of followers soon reverberated across r/The_Donald  a pro-Trump Reddit subgroup  as The Washington Post's Avi Selk reported:
"'TWEETED by the PRESIDENT ' one of many admirers wrote. 'Now it's confirmed that  Trump  sees our memes.'
In September  a few days after the racially charged unrest in Charlottesville  Va.  where a car plowed into counterprotesters rallying against white nationalists and killed a woman   Trump  retweeted an image of a train running over a CNN reporter. "Fake news can't stop the  Trump  train " the image read. It was later removed from  Trump 's account.
[TGT] retweeted a doctored image with the CNN logo imposed on a bloodlike splatter under  [TGT]  shoe  prompting an outcry — with critics deeming the picture and its timing offensive.
The image had originated from a Twitter account named "oregon4TRUMP " as a reply to one of  Trump 's tweets boasting about  his  first-year achievements.
"So many things accomplished by the Trump Administration  perhaps more than any other President in first year "  [TGT]had tweeted Saturday afternoon. "Sadly  will never be reported correctly by the Fake News Media!"
"Thank you  President TRUMP !!" oregon4TRUMP replied  adding an apparently altered image of  Trump  in the back of a car with the crushed CNN logo on the sole of  his  left shoe. The image had additional text superimposed on it that read  "WINNING."
On Sunday morning  in between tweets promoting a conspiracy theory about FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and attacking "Fake News" and "Fake Polls "  Trump  retweeted the image to  his  more than 45 million followers.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper noted  Trump 's tweet with a simple observation: "CNN-labeled blood on the sole of his shoe. Retweeted by the President of the United States on Christmas Eve."
In response to Tapper  Jason Osborne  a former  Trump  campaign adviser  defended the image and accused Tapper of "(making) everything about your network."
The image was of a bug because it "clearly has eyes " Osborne insisted. He also argued that  Trump  may not have noticed the CNN logo at the bottom of his shoe and retweeted the picture because he liked the way he looked in it.
Trump has had a contentious relationship with the press since his campaign  regularly lashing out at certain media outlets — even individual journalists — and accusing many publications and news stations of being "fake news." CNN has regularly been the subject of  Trump 's attacks  on Twitter and in speeches. Earlier this month  after CNN apologized for mistakenly reporting the timing of a WikiLeaks-related email   Trump  used the error as an opportunity to attack the network again.
"CNN apologized just a little while ago "  Trump  said at a rally in Pensacola  Fla. "They apologized. Oh  thank you  CNN. Thank you so much. You should've been apologizing for the last two years."
Sunday's tweet was not the first time that  Trump  has shared a doctored image on Twitter  particularly related to CNN. In July — on another Sunday morning  just before Independence Day —  Trump  tweeted an edited video clip that showed  him  slamming a man with "CNN" superimposed on  his  head to the ground. In the video   Trump  then throws punches at the man's head  before walking away.
 Trump  appended the tweet with two hashtags: "#FraudNewsCNN" and "#FNN."
That tweet prompted a round of condemnation from mostly Democratic lawmakers  who blasted  Trump  for being "crude  false  and unpresidential." A little-known Reddit user claimed credit for the doctored CNN video; the fact that the president had sent it out to his millions of followers soon reverberated across r/The_Donald  a pro-Trump Reddit subgroup  as The Washington Post's Avi Selk reported:
"'TWEETED by the PRESIDENT ' one of many admirers wrote. 'Now it's confirmed that  Trump  sees our memes.'
In September  a few days after the racially charged unrest in Charlottesville  Va.  where a car plowed into counterprotesters rallying against white nationalists and killed a woman   Trump  retweeted an image of a train running over a CNN reporter. "Fake news can't stop the  Trump  train " the image read. It was later removed from  Trump 's account.