Donald Trump’s war on fake media and his perception on democracy

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Communications - Media and Politics, Politic Communications, grade: Sehr Gut, Klagenfurt University, language: English, abstract: Donald Trump’s numerous offenses against the press and his attacks on the integrity of the American democracy during his presidency will have a long-lasting impact on society. Especially his permanent accusations of falsehood towards the media constituted the fundamental principles of his policies and his definite ideas of the American society. The 45th President of the United States of America accomplished the development of a certain lack of confidence in the media amongst the population by naming the press an enemy of the American people. Thus, he partially succeeded in delegitimizing the work of the press as fake news.