CNN on Thursday fact-checked Donald TrumpDonald TrumpNoem touts South Dakota coronavirus response, knocks lockdowns in CPAC speech On The Trail: Cuomo and Newsom — a story of two embattled governors McCarthy: 'I would bet my house' GOP takes back lower chamber in 2022 MORE with its graphics at the bottom of the screen.
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"Trump: I never said Japan should have nukes (he did)," read on-screen text during CNN's "At This Hour" on Thursday morning.
Trump is inspiring CNN to be more creative with its chyrons pic.twitter.com/XAxDiNtoBZ
— Liz del Carmen (@LizMartinezG) June 2, 2016
CNN chyron just now: "Trump: I never said Japan should have nukes (He did)"
— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) June 2, 2016
The display was a reflection of the heightened efforts among media to hold the outspoken presumptive Republican presidential nominee to his positions amid his shifting rhetoric.
The network has also put a focus on publicly fact-checking the businessman, with CNN's Jake Tapper repeatedly debunking conspiracy theories Trump has entertained.
Trump responded Thursday by saying the network gives him "little proper representation." Last month Trump said in a tweet responding to something stated on the network, "I no longer watch."
Do you ever notice that @CNN gives me very little proper representation on my policies. Just watched-nobody knew anything about my foreign P
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2016
Trump floated the possibility of removing U.S. troops from Japan and South Korea and replacing them with nuclear weapons in an interview with The New York Times in March. He also expressed a willingness to Japan and South Korea having their own nuclear weapons.
Trump last month accused Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonMedia circles wagons for conspiracy theorist Neera Tanden The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by The AIDS Institute - Senate ref axes minimum wage, House votes today on relief bill Democratic strategists start women-run media consulting firm MORE of lying about his positions, saying at a May 27 rally that he "never said" he wanted to see Japan get nuclear weapons.
