'Sick' media massacre video screened at Trump resort

A shocking video showing US President Donald Trump shooting and stabbing journalists and political opponents was shown as conference for his supporters at his resort in Miami, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

The video is taken from a clip of the movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service" where the US president's face is superimposed onto a character who opens fire on people. The victims' heads have been replaced with logos of prominent media outlets and faces of political opponents.

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Several people close to the Trump administration – including his son Donald Trump Jr., his former spokesperson Sarah Huckerbee Sanders and the governor of Florida Ron DeSantis – were reportedly scheduled to speak at the conference that was organised by American Priority, a pro-Trump group at his resort Trump National Doral Miami.

Media outlets that have criticised Trump's policies and behaviour in the past such as CNN, The Hill and BBC News were all "attacked" in the video, along with his political opponents like Republic politician Mitt Romney and Democratic Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.

Trump has a long history of lashing out at the media, having repeatedly targeted outlets like CNN and The New York Times. 

The president's actions against the media include him mocking a journalist at a campaign rally, labelled stories criticising his actions and policies as "fake news", and previously tweeted a video of him attacking a wrestler whose head had been replaced by the CNN logo.

"This is not the first time that supporters of the President have promoted violence against the media in a video they apparently find entertaining, but it is by far and away the worst," CNN said on Twitter.

The White House must denounce the clip, the channel added, saying that "anything less equates to a tacit endorsement of violence".

The organiser Alex Phillips denounced the video and said the organisation was looking into how it was shown during the conference.

"Content was submitted by third parties and was not associated with or endorsed by the conference in any official capacity," said the organiser, Alex Phillips.

"American Priority rejects all political violence and aims to promote a healthy dialogue about the preservation of free speech. This matter is under review."


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