President Trump smiles during his meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Oval Office Tuesday.
President Trump gave out fake news "awards" to six news organizations Wednesday night. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:
Trump wins the "Hypocrite of Year" award. He is the biggest fake of them all — 2,000 false or misleading claims in 355 days (that we know of)!
— Nick Anderson
I love seeing a president fight back against the liberal bias in today's news media.
— Noura Khubzi
What's scary is that we've all begun to yawn at the silliness we get each day. It's gotten old very quickly, and that's how he gets away with the destruction of our democracy — along with the complicit silence of the Republican Party.
— Tom Horn
Forget ideology or political beliefs. What kind of president does something like this? He has so much time on his hands with everything going on in the world that he can mess around like this?
This is why so many people dislike Trump. Not because of his politics, but because he acts like some teenager with his own YouTube channel.
— Gene Wawrzycki
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Paul Newman once stated the greatest honor he ever received was being put on Richard Nixon's enemies list. I'm sure the news outlets that are telling it as it is feel proud of this honor bestowed upon them by the biggest liar who has ever sat in the White House: Donald Trump.
— William Moore
Here are some upcoming awards that these awards will inspire:
1. The Harvey Weinstein award for worst film actress.
2. The Vladimir Putin award for most corrupt Olympic program.
3. The Nicolas Maduro awards for failed economic policies.
— Robert Rosen
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