Trump slams Newsweek article predicting he will spend Thanksgiving golfing and tweeting

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President Trump responded to a Newsweek article prediction that he would spend Thanksgiving tweeting by responding to them on Twitter.

While the president spent the holiday feeding U.S. troops in on a secret trip to Afghanistan, Newsweek shared a prediction that Trump would be "tweeting, golfing, and more." Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump, Jr., responded to the Newsweek slam with several images of his father with troops in Afghanistan.

"Fake news gonna fake!" Don Jr. said in a tweet with a screen capture of Newsweek's critical headline. The president further responded to the declaration by Newsweek with his own criticism of the magazine. "I thought Newsweek was out of business?" he queried.

The article shared by Newsweek issued a correction on Thursday evening to acknowledge they had been wrong about their prediction of Trump's activities on Thanksgiving. "This story has been substantially updated and edited at 6:17 pm EST to reflect the president's surprise trip to Afghanistan," the website claimed. The headline was also adjusted to include the update to the presidential schedule but did include that he played golf at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida before departing for Afghanistan with first lady Melania Trump.

The president also shared several Thanksgiving wishes on Twitter, including a tribute to U.S. military service members before revealing that he had traveled to Afghanistan to meet the active troops in person. "This Thanksgiving, we are thankful to all who wear our Nation's uniform, allowing us to celebrate in safety and peace," he said on Thursday morning.