On February 17 , 2017 , President of the United States Donald Trump declared on Twitter that '' The New York Times '' , NBC News , ABC , CBS , and CNN were " fake news " and the " enemy of the people " . Trump repeated the assertion on February 24 at the Conservative Political Action Conference , saying , " A few days ago I called the fake news the enemy of the people and they are . They are the enemy of the people . " At a June 25 , 2018 rally in South Carolina , Trump singled out journalists as " fake newsers " and again called them " the enemy of the people . " Some commentators linked these comments to a mass shooting at the offices of a newspaper publisher in Annapolis , Maryland , that took place only days later , on June 28 . On July 19 , 2018 , following the critical reaction to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 15 , 2018 in Helsinki , Finland , Trump tweeted " The Summit with Russia was a great success , except with the real enemy of the people , the Fake News Media . " '' The New York Times '' noted Trump 's use of this phrase during his " moments of peak criticism " and use of the term by Nazi and Soviet propaganda
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