The president has criticized media coverage of a preliminary classified report that ran counter to his assertion that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program.

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue the New York Times and CNN over reports that contradicted his claim that recent US airstrikes on Iran “obliterated” the country’s nuclear capabilities. The president’s legal team says both outlets defamed him by reporting on a preliminary intelligence assessment that concluded the strikes had only set back Iran’s nuclear capabilities by a few months,