President Donald Trump tore into the media over coverage of Air Force refuelling planes reportedly hit by an Iranian missile strike at a Saudi Arabian air base.

“The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (in particular), and other Lowlife ‘Papers’ and Media actually want us to lose the War,” Trump wrote Saturday morning on Truth Social. “Their terrible reporting is the exact opposite of the actual facts!”

The president’s post took aim at what he called an “intentionally misleading headline by the Fake News Media” about the aircraft.

“In actuality, the Base was hit a few days ago, but the planes were not ‘struck’ or “‘destroyed,’” he wrote.

The Wall Street Journal had reported on Friday that five tanker planes had been “struck and damaged” by Iran at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, citing US officials. Notably, the Journal did not state that the planes were destroyed, but in fact wrote that the planes were “damaged but not fully destroyed” and were “being repaired.”

On Truth Social, Trump said four of the planes had “virtually no damage” and that the fifth had “slightly more damage” but would be “back in the air shortly.”

He then called members of the media “truly sick and demented people” who “have no idea the damage they cause the United States of America.”