President Trump says supporters demand his red-hot rhetoric

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President Donald Trump says railing against his enemies in the media helped him win — and that his supporters like him more when he cranks up the "enemy of the people" rhetoric. President Trump said, "I think I'm doing a service [by attacking the press] when people write stories about me that are so wrong." He said, "I know what I do good and what I do bad. I really get it, OK? I really get it better than anybody in the whole world." When an interviewer said, "Tens of thousands of people go into a stadium to listen to you, and then people go on social media and they get themselves so jazzed up. There’s got to be a part of you that's like: 'Dammit, I'm scared that someone is gonna take it too far.'" President Trump responded, “It’s my only form of fighting back. I wouldn’t be here if I didn't do that.” He also said, "If they would write accurately about me, I would be the nicest president you've ever seen. It would be much easier."


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