'The president claimed the protests were fake news, there they are for your own eyes to see,' CNN's Jim Sciutto said.
CNN did a quick fact check of Donald Trump on Tuesday morning, showing large scale protests against the president taking place in London moments after he said during a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that they were"fake news."
"I just want to do a quick fact check on the president," CNN's Jim Sciutto said,"because the president was asked about the protests in the U.K. to his visit, and he claimed that they were 'fake news.'" The screen then cut to a massive demonstration, featuring an effigy of the president sitting on a toilet with his pants down while tweeting from his phone.
Anti-Trump protesters hold placards and balloons depicting President Donald Trump as an orange baby as they gather in Trafalgar Square during a demonstration against the U.S. State Visit in central London on June 4, the second day of the visit."Let's just show you some video of the protests taking place right now at Trafalgar Square," Sciutto continued.
"So, the president claimed the protests were fake news, there they are for your own eyes to see," the journalist said. Photos and videos of massive demonstrations against the president have been widely circulated by British and international media as well as on social media. Demonstrators have flown the
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