Wallace Challenges Trump On "Enemy Of the People" Media Attacks

Despite Wallace’s argument that Trump only bashes new he doesn’t like, the president couldn’t be swayed.

“No it’s not, no, no. I don’t mind getting bad news if I’m wrong,” he said, then going on to clarify that his anger toward the media wasn’t really targeting Wallace.

“The news, Chris, I’m not talking about you, but you sometimes maybe. But I’m not talking about you. The news about me is largely phony. It’s false. Even sometimes they’ll say ‘sources say.’ There is no source, in many cases – in many cases there is.”

But Trump’s decision to focus his outrage on certain outlets that haven’t covered his administration favorably didn’t matter to Wallace.

Showing support for news organizations that have come under the president’s scrutiny, Wallace told Trump that when he goes after The New York Times and CNN, “we’re in solidarity, sir.”

Still, Trump contended his name calling was warranted.

“I am calling fake news, fake reporting, is what’s tearing this country apart because people know, people like things that are happening and they’re not hearing about it.”