President Trump listens during a briefing on drug trafficking at the Southern border at the White House last week. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)Following dozens of tweets over the weekend about myriad other subjects, President Trump turned Monday to the New Zealand mosque shootings, asserting that news outlets were trying to blame him for the massacre. “The Fake News Media is working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand,” Trump wrote. So Ridiculous!”The Fake News Media is working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand. In tweets Friday, Trump said that Americans “stand in solidarity” with New Zealand and that the United States is prepared to assist its ally.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2019 15:11 UTC