it, fake, phony and failing. so joining me is jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters and blake. good afternoon to both of you. >> good afternoon. >> jeff, this was one of the things we saw seamlessly carry over from the campaign to the presidency. really an us versus them attitude and a fixation on pitting the media as the opposition party. why do you think trump feels like he needs to do this. >> i think president trump likes to have a foil, and i think he's used the media as a foil consistently throughout his political -- short political career and before that which he has acknowledged. and something that he's gone back to over and over since coming into the white house and no doubt will continue to do. it's something that also resonates well with his base, when he attacks the media and uses that fake news moniker. many people who voted for him and who are following him closely on twitter really