The collective gasp from the press was loud enough to register on the Richter scale. They called him reckless, divisive, a threat to democracy. And what happened? The public nodded along and said, “Yup, he’s right. Fake as a three-dollar bill.”

Trump’s branding of fake news wasn’t just a catchy phrase; it was a cultural earthquake. The media’s been bleeding trust since Walter Cronkite was still a household name, but Trump ripped the mask off. Gallup polls show trust in media at historic lows—down to 31% in 2024, and I bet it’s even lower now. Why? Because the public’s not blind. They see the spin, the selective outrage, the headlines that read like DNC press releases. And Trump? He’s the guy pointing at the emperor’s new clothes and laughing his head off.

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