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U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Newsweek magazine over its inaccurate story about his whereabouts on the National Holiday of Thanksgiving. 

"How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? Tweeting, golfing and more" was the headline of a Newsweek story on Thursday, apparently aimed at tarnishing the image of the president.

However, Trump was en route to Afghanistan, paying American troops a surprise visit at the time of the story's circulation.

He retweeted a post by one of his sons, Donald Trump Jr., that compared the "fake news" and reality with a comment.

"I thought Newsweek was out of business," Trump hit at the American political magazine while in Afghanistan.

Trump's derision of Newsweek on Twitter got nearly 35K retweets in less than 24 hours.

U.S. president has long been waging a battle against the mainstream media that includes CNN, The New York Times, ABC, Washington Post and many others.

Calling them "fake news" since the inception of his presidency over their "biased, false" coverage of his policies, Trump accuses those media outlets of being the tools of the Democratic Party.

I thought Newsweek was out of business? https://t.co/3ro4eSJloo

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2019