Donald Trump actually said...

"I predicted it a long time ago. I said it's failing and now it's obvious that it's failing. It's dead. We're going to finish it off and we're going to go on to a lot of other things."

"That was a little bit of fake news as the expression goes."

"Oh, yes, sure. That's all worked out. That has been worked out for a long time."

"The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention - never been a time like this!"