DONALD ON DONALD/FAKE NEWS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WIRETAPPING: “[Trump] ‘Why do you say that I have to apologize? I’m just quoting the newspaper, just like I quoted the judge the other day, Judge Napolitano, I quoted Judge Napolitano, just like I quoted Bret Baier, I mean Bret Baier mentioned the word wiretap. Now he can now deny it, or whatever he is doing, you know. But I watched Bret Baier, and he used that term. I have a lot of respect for Judge Napolitano, and he said that three sources have told him things that would make me right. I don’t know where he has gone with it since then. But I’m quoting highly respected people from highly respected television networks.’
‘[TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer] But traditionally people in your position in the Oval Office have not said things unless they can verify they are true.’
[Trump] ‘Well, I’m not, well, I think, I’m not saying, I’m quoting, Michael, I’m quoting highly respected people and sources from major television networks.’ “
-TIME Staff, “Read President Trump’s Interview With TIME on Truth and Falsehoods,” Time Magazine, March 22, 2017