trumps administration from network news outlets through the first four months of 2018 was negative notably trump seemed to equate any negative news about him as fake although many of his assertions about fake news such as hiring and firing of personnel have turned out to be correcttrump either doesnt understand or ignores the difference between a story he doesnt like and one that is not true he conflates the two for his own political purposes knowing his base hates the media and is more than ready to believe that journalists are willing to make up stories just to make trump look bad cnns editoratlarge chris cilizza observed noting that time and time again trumps claims about fake news have been debunked what he calls fake news isnt fake at all its true he just doesnt like to read about it because it paints him as fallible and he hates that cilizza saidthe us president has had a run of success on the economic front which he feel the liberal media does not acknowledge although there has been extensive coverage on the stock market and housing boom the trumps troubles on the personal front particularly his prepresidential dalliances have often overshadowed his triumphs