Trump Criticizes “Fake News” and Unveils Ambitious Plan at CPAC
Trump said he was particularly dismayed by reports that attribute statements about him to unnamed sources. He then went on to say that there were some good reporters in the news business, however:
I had a story written yesterday about me in Reuters by a very honorable man. It was a very fair story. There are some great reporters around. They’re talented, they’re honest as the day is long. They’re great. But there are some terrible dishonest people and they do a tremendous disservice to our country and to our people. A tremendous disservice. They are very dishonest people. And they shouldn’t use [unnamed] sources. They should put the name of the person. You will see stories dry up like you’ve never seen before.
Trump went on to criticize the way our interventionism in the Middle East wasted U.S. resources while making the situation there worse than before:
