President Trump didn’t win the 2016 election because he’s exceptionally cunning. He won because his opponent was the exact opposite.

The same will likely be said of his never-ending slap-fight with the news media. Trump is campaigning to undercut and delegitimize an already unpopular press corps. Based on the way newsrooms keep responding to his attacks, it’s not far-fetched to think the president will win this one, too.

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