"The very dishonest media... and I mean truly dishonest people in the media and the fake media, they make up stories. US President Donald J. Trump (C) addresses the crowd during a campain rally in at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 22 August, 2017. Trump dedicated around half an hour of his 78-minute speech in Phoenix, Arizona, to attacking the "sick people" in the news media, before turning his fire on his own side. Speculation had been building that Trump would use the rally to formally endorse a challenger to incumbent moderate Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake, in a shot across the bow of skeptical Republicans. He mocked both Flake and fellow Arizona Republican senator John McCain, implying McCain had sabotaged Republican healthcare reforms, but elaborately avoided mentioning either by name.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 23, 2017 08:15 UTC