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It was not immediately clear who produced the brief video, which appears to be a doctored version of Trumpsa国际传媒檚 2007 appearance on World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. The 28-second clip was posted on Trumpsa国际传媒檚 official Twitter account, with the message: sa国际传媒�#FraudNewsCNN #FNN.sa国际传媒�

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Bruce Brown, the executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, condemned the video as a sa国际传媒渢hreat of physical violence against journalists.sa国际传媒� He said Trumpsa国际传媒檚 tweet was sa国际传媒渂eneath the office of the presidency.sa国际传媒�

A White House aide insisted the tweet should not send a chill across the media landscape.

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CNN accused Trump of engaging in sa国际传媒渏uvenile behaviour far below the dignity of his office.sa国际传媒�

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White House officials travelling with Trump during his weekend stay at his New Jersey golf club did not immediately respond to questions about who made the video or about any message the president might have intended to send.

The video appeared to be a doctored version of an appearance Trump made on a World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. show called sa国际传媒淏attle of the Billionairessa国际传媒� in 2007, in which Trump appears to attack WWE CEO Vince McMahon.

McMahonsa国际传媒檚 wife, Linda, who founded and built the company with her husband, now heads the Small Business Administration for Trump and was a generous benefactor to his campaign.

The video was posted several days ago by a Reddit user with the title, sa国际传媒淭rump takes down fake news.sa国际传媒� It was not clear whether that was where it originated or where Trump found it. Still, the user wrote Sunday about being sa国际传媒渉onouredsa国际传媒� Trump had tweeted the video. The user who posted the video has a history of posts using anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant language.

The presidentsa国际传媒檚 verbal shots against news outlets and individual members of the media have grown increasingly personal in recent days even as lawmakers in both parties say the insults only threaten to undermine his political agenda.

Trump has singled out MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski and CNN for some of his most biting criticism, and hardly is backing down in the face of widespread condemnation from the political class.

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A White House spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, told reporters last week that Trump sa国际传媒渋n no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence.sa国际传媒�

CNN, in its response to the video posted Sunday, said it was sa国际传媒渁 sad day when the president of the United States encourages violence against reporters. Clearly, Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied when she said the president had never done so.sa国际传媒�

CNNsa国际传媒檚 statement noted the weighty list of issues before Trump 芒鈧瑂a国际传媒� an overseas trip this week that includes a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the stalled health care bill, the threat from North Korea. Instead of focusing on those matters, CNN said, sa国际传媒渉e is involved in juvenile behaviour far below the dignity of his office. We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his.sa国际传媒�

Trumpsa国际传媒檚 latest tweet came as Republicans and Democrats have been imploring him to focus on leading the country, rather than exploding on social media.

For days, Trump has focused his ire on Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, co-hosts of MSNBCsa国际传媒檚 sa国际传媒淢orning Joe.sa国际传媒�

Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to call Brzezinski sa国际传媒渃razysa国际传媒� and contend she was sa国际传媒渂leeding badly from a face-liftsa国际传媒� when he once saw them at his Florida estate. The comment was decried as sexist and vulgar by many Democrats and Republicans.

The MSNBC personalities said Friday that Trump was lying about their December encounter and they questioned his sa国际传媒渦nhealthy obsessionsa国际传媒� with their program.

The hosts, who are a couple onscreen and off, also said the White House told them a damaging National Enquirer story about their relationship would sa国际传媒済o awaysa国际传媒� if they called the president and apologized for harsh commentary. Trump quickly disputed the claim on Twitter.

Republican officials acknowledged Sunday that Trumpsa国际传媒檚 Twitter feed distracts from work like health care.

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Catherine Lucey, The Associated Press

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