Donald Trump is accused of encouraging violence against reporters after tweeting a bizarre wrestling video of himself 'beating up CNN'

The official @POTUS handle also retweeted the video that appears to be a literal embodiment of his assault against the media

President Donald Trump is being accused of encouraging violence against reporters after he tweeted a bizarre edited video clip of himself 'beating up CNN.'

The video appeared to be a modified version of a 2007 appearance by Trump at World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania 23 promotion, in which Trump 'takes down' WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. In Sunday's video, McMahon's head has been replaced with the CNN logo.

After Trump appears to beat on the CNN effigy, a logo, 'FNN Fraud News Network' appears at the bottom of the screen in script similar to that of CNN.

The 71-year-old president captioned the tweet he sent around 9.45am with '#FraudNewsCNN #FNN'.

The official @POTUS handle also retweeted the video that appears to be a literal embodiment of his assault against the media.

President Donald Trump tweeted an edited video clip of himself hitting Vince McMahon at WrestleMania 23, but the CNN logo was slapped over McMahon's face.

The tweet comes one day after Trump publicly pondered over 'changing the name #FakeNews CNN to #FraudNewsCNN!' and claimed his use of social media was 'MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL.'

But three days prior, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed 'the President in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence.'

The video tweet Trump sent Sunday morning apparently came directly from a Reddit thread aimed at alt-right, far-right, and Trump supporters where it began circulating earlier this week.

It's unclear how the president became aware of the edited clip.

The Cable News Network's PR Twitter account responded to the president's tweet via Twitter by quoting Sanders.