Washington DC - President Donald Trump lashed out at ABC News' coverage over his decision to accept a luxury jet gifted to him by Qatar's royal family.

Trump threatened to sue the network, which broke the story about the unprecedented gift, and its Chairman Bob Iger for not covering him the way he prefers.

"Now I see they are at it again, and I again give these SleazeBags fair warning!" he wrote on Truth Social.

Trump went on to argue that the offer from Qatar's royal family to gift a $400 million 747-8 to serve as a new Air Force One is actually a donation which will save the country and US taxpayers "hundreds of millions of dollars."

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"Everyone, including their lawyers, has been told that ABC must not say that Qatar is giving ME a FREE Boeing 747 Airplane, because they are not," he insisted. "Instead, and as Fake News ABC fully knows and understands, this highly respected country is donating the plane to the United States Air Force/ Defense Department, AND NOT TO ME."

"ABC Fake News is one of the WORST."

In his post, Trump claimed to have previously "won" a lawsuit against ABC News for $16 million.

According to the Associated Press, the network last year agreed to pay $15 million to settle a suit stemming from host George Stephanopoulos saying on air that Trump was found "liable for rape" in his trial with writer E. Jean Carroll, though he was only found liable for sexual assault.

The Republican's decision to accept Qatar's gift has been met with heavy criticism from members of both parties, raising ethical questions and accusations of outright corruption and graft.

The president has argued that only a "stupid person" would turn down the gift, and told reporters that they should be "embarrassed" to ask about it.