Trump Thanks Rush for Praising His Press-Bash Briefing

President Donald Trump on Friday morning thanked all who made "nice statements" about the wide-ranging, media-bashing press conference he gave a day earlier — and singled out conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh as "one of the greatest."

Trump made his comments on Twitter at 6:43 a.m. ET in his third post of the day on the social media site. 

Thank you for all of the nice statements on the Press Conference yesterday. Rush Limbaugh said one of greatest ever. Fake media not happy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2017

Limbaugh praised Trump's solo performance as "just what the doctor ordered," firing back at a press corps that is out "to destroy him."

Trump on Thursday, during a wide-ranging press conference that lasted more than an hour, declared that the "press is out of control" and, during one exchange, told a reporter that the "public doesn't believe you people anymore."