This is not the first time Trump has blasted the use of mail-in ballots, a method more U.S. states are adopting during the coronavirus pandemic.

Later Thursday, Twitter labeled a video of two children Trump had posted as “manipulated media.”

The three minute and 45 second clip is a montage of photos and videos of peaceful marches and police officers hugging protesters interspersed with some scenes of burning buildings and vandalism, set to gentle piano music and Trump speaking.

Trump, a prolific Twitter user, has been at war with the company since earlier this week, when it applied fact checks to two of his tweets about mail-in ballots.

The draft order asks the FCC to examine whether actions related to the editing of content by Twitter, Facebook and Google should potentially lead to the platforms forfeiting their protections from legal liability for the material their users post.

The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the companies, and any effort would likely require action by Congress.

Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House churned late into the night over a now nearly $2 trillion economic rescue package, as the coronavirus crisis deepened, the nation shut down and the first U.S. senator tested positive for the disease.

While riots wracked northeastern New Delhi over the previous days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a lavish reception for Trump.

Vice President Mike Pence will be working with the government’s top health authorities, and Trump’s earlier-appointed coronavirus task force, to oversee the response.

The barrage of tweets comes days after Trump earned a public rebuke from his own attorney general, said the president's tweets were "making it impossible'' for him to do his job.