Donald Trump attacked the press again on Monday, suggesting the “fake news” should “take two weeks off and come back rested.”

“Amazing to watch as certain people covering me, and the tremendous success of this administration, have truly gone MAD!” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Their Fake reporting creates anger and disunity. Take two weeks off and come back rested. Chill!”

The Fake News gets crazier and more dishonest every single day. Amazing to watch as certain people covering me, and the tremendous success of this administration, have truly gone MAD! Their Fake reporting creates anger and disunity. Take two weeks off and come back rested. Chill!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2019

Yes, the President of the United States told the press to “chill.”

Trump regularly derides negative press coverage as “fake news,” and has in the past blamed the media for causing “great anger” and “division” in the country. He has regularly labeled news outlets and reporters the “enemy of the people.”

It’s unclear what prompted Trump’s latest tweet, but it comes in the wake of multiple reports over the weekend that placed fresh scrutiny on his relationship with Russia.

The New York Times reported Friday that the FBI was so concerned about Trump’s firing of former bureau chief James Comey that it opened an inquiry into whether the president was working on behalf of Russian interests.

And The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Trump has kept details of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin from top officials in his administration, including withholding notes from an interpreter.

Twitter had a field day:

That’s funny because the person who is responsible for the most disinformation and Fake News is Donald J. Trump. The president manipulates fake outrage to rile up his supporters like a true demagogue. This has trickle down effects for the rest of mainstream media and society.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 14, 2019

It’s not “fake” just because you don’t like it.

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 14, 2019

Chill?

There are literally 800,000 people without a paycheck because of you, Russia continues to attack our infrastructure, and Millions of people can't afford health insurance, and you tell them to Chill?

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) January 14, 2019

Your Twitter is littered with trash like "Jeff Bozo," "Cryin' Chuck," and "Pocahontas," but the 72 year old man calling people childish names from the Oval Office thinks the Media has gone mad?

You are a threat to National Security, and should be removed immediately.

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) January 14, 2019

I think you meant to write

“I get crazier and more dishonest every single day. Amazing to watch as I have truly gone MAD! My fake reporting creates anger and disunity. I will take two weeks off and come back rested. Chill!”

— MazJobrani (@MazJobrani) January 14, 2019

What success? You locked yourself in the White House crying about a wall.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) January 14, 2019

"Success" to this sociopath means the destruction of our country and the erosion of our Democracy.

Trump is a complete FAILURE as any kind of "leader". Putin is using him, and he is Okay with this…
it can only mean he is acting on behalf of Putin & Russia, as a Russian Agent

— Tracy (@NYTupelo7) January 14, 2019