Donald Trump

=== Relationship with the press ===
{{Further|Presidency of Donald Trump#Relationship with the news media}}
[[File:President Trump's First 100 Days- 45 (33573172373).jpg|thumb|Trump talking to the press, March 2017|alt=Trump, seated at the Resolute Desk in the White House, speaking to a crowd of reporters with boom microphones in front of him and public officials behind him]]
Trump sought media attention throughout his career, sustaining a "love–hate" relationship with the press.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385245-trumps-love-hate-relationship-with-the-press|title=Trump's love-hate relationship with the press|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=April 28, 2018|access-date=July 4, 2018|last=Parnes|first=Amie}}</ref> In the 2016 campaign, Trump benefited from a record amount of free media coverage, elevating his standing in the Republican primaries.<ref name=Cillizza-160614 /> ''The New York Times'' writer [[Amy Chozick]] wrote in 2018 that Trump's media dominance enthralled the public and created "must-see TV."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/sunday-review/trump-2020-reality-tv.html|title=Why Trump Will Win a Second Term|last=Chozick|first=Amy|author-link=Amy Chozick|date=September 29, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref>

As a candidate and as president, Trump frequently accused the press of bias, calling it the "fake news media" and "the [[enemy of the people]]".<ref>{{cite web|first1=Marc|last1=Hetherington|author-link1=Marc Hetherington|first2=Jonathan M.|last2=Ladd|title=Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster|date=May 1, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/05/01/destroying-trust-in-the-media-science-and-government-has-left-america-vulnerable-to-disaster/|publisher=[[Brookings Institution]]}}</ref> In 2018, journalist [[Lesley Stahl]] recounted Trump's saying he intentionally discredited the media "so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you".<ref>{{cite web|last=Thomsen|first=Jacqueline|title='60 Minutes' correspondent: Trump said he attacks the press so no one believes negative coverage|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/388855-60-minutes-correspondent-trump-said-he-attacks-the-press-so-no-one|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=May 22, 2018|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref>

As president, Trump mused about revoking the press credentials of journalists he viewed as critical.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnn.com/2018/05/09/media/president-trump-press-credentials/|title=Trump's latest shot at the press corps: 'Take away credentials?'|first1=Brian|last1=Stelter|author-link1=Brian Stelter|first2=Kaitlan|last2=Collins|author-link2=Kaitlan Collins|work=[[CNN Money]]|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=May 9, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008122415/https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/media/president-trump-press-credentials/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His administration moved to revoke the press passes of two White House reporters, which were restored by the courts.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/media/trump-media-2019.html|title=After Another Year of Trump Attacks, 'Ominous Signs' for the American Press|first=Michael M.|last=Grynbaum|date=December 30, 2019|access-date=October 11, 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The Trump White House held about a hundred formal press briefings in 2017, declining by half during 2018 and to two in 2019.<ref name="auto2" />

Trump also deployed the legal system to intimidate the press.<ref name="Atlantic_Press">{{cite web|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=March 11, 2020|first1=Joshua A.|last1=Geltzer|first2=Neal K.|last2=Katyal|title=The True Danger of the Trump Campaign's Defamation Lawsuits|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/true-danger-trump-campaigns-libel-lawsuits/607753/|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> In early 2020, the Trump campaign sued ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and CNN for defamation in opinion pieces about Russian election interference.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[NPR]]|date=March 3, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021|first=David|last=Folkenflik|author-link=David Folkenflik|title=Trump 2020 Sues 'Washington Post,' Days After 'N.Y. Times' Defamation Suit|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/03/811735554/trump-2020-sues-washington-post-days-after-ny-times-defamation-suit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[Fox News]]|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021|first1=Brian|last1=Flood|first2=Brooke|last2=Singman|title=Trump campaign sues CNN over 'false and defamatory' statements, seeks millions in damages|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-campaign-sues-cnn-false-defamatory-statements-millions-damages.amp}}</ref> Legal experts said that the lawsuits lacked merit and were not likely to succeed.<ref name="Atlantic_Press" /><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=March 8, 2020|first=Justin|last=Wise|title=Trump escalates fight against press with libel lawsuits|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/486273-trump-escalates-fight-against-press-with-libel-lawsuits|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> By March 2021, the lawsuits against ''The New York Times'' and CNN had been dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|url=https://cnn.com/2020/11/12/media/trump-campaign-cnn-lawsuit-dismissed/|title=Judge dismisses Trump campaign's lawsuit against CNN|work=[[CNN]]|date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Klasfeld|url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-york-times-beats-the-trump-campaigns-defamation-suit-over-russia-editorial/|title=Judge Throws Out Trump Campaign's Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Russia 'Quid Pro Quo' Op-Ed|date=March 9, 2021 |access-date=October 11, 2021|work=[[Law and Crime]]}}</ref>