Donald Trump wields a baseball bat in front of the cameras at Made in America week event in the White House
DONALD Trump takes another swing at his critics - wielding a baseball bat in a stunt to promote US-made products at the White House.
The gurning President - accused recently of encouraging violence against CNN journalists - looked like he meant business as he practised gripping the wooden club in front of the cameras.
The billionaire property mogul kicked off Made in America week yesterday by getting his hands on products from all 50 states.
After swinging a baseball bat from Louisiana he donned a Stetson cowboy hat from Texas.
Then he climbed into the cab of a Wisconsin-built fire engine and pretended to be a firefighter - saying: "Where's the fire? Where's the fire? Put it out fast!"
He may have been thinking about his promise to repeal Obamacare, which went down in flames last night amid wrangling within his own party.
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A Republican plan for a replacement healthcare bill - which critics said would strip benefits from the poor and give the rich hefty tax breaks - failed to win a majority in the US Senate.
Mr Trump, who has been dogged by a probe into his campaign's ties to Russia, turned his attention to trade this week.
He hosted the Made in America event as he vowed to rip up and renegotiate the NAFTA agreement with Canada and Mexico in a bid to shore up US manufacturing.
He said: "No longer are we going to allow other countries to break the rules, to steal our jobs and drain our wealth.";
The president said he only seeks a level playing field for US companies and workers, but "if the playing field was slanted a little bit toward us, I would accept that, also."
Earlier this month Mr Trump tweeted a spoof video of himself wrestling a CNN broadcaster to the ground and punching him in the head.
The bizarre meme uses old footage of the tycoon's publicity stunt at a wrestling ring, with the CNN logo pasted over his victim's face.
Mr Trump has repeatedly condemned the independent network as "fake news" since his inauguration in January.
His spokesman denied the President had ever encouraged violence.
But CNN blasted him for "juvenile behaviour far below the dignity of his office", adding: “We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his.”
Another bizarre video tweeted by the president's son Donald Jr shows the former Apprentice host mocked up as Top Gun star Tom Cruise firing a missile at an enemy jet emblazoned with the CNN logo.
Last week he told French First Lady Brigitte Macron "You're in such good shape" as he buddied up to her husband Emmanuel in Paris.
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