Trump seriously believes he coined the phrase "fake news"

US President Donald Trump loves to take to social media with his opinions. A look at his Twitter timeline proves that Trump believes that what he says is the absolute truth, and everyone should listen to him.

There is still some debate as to whether heads of state should be on social media at all, but in recent months many Twitter users have learned to take Trump's tweets with a pinch of salt.

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But Trump has no shame, and that is why he was able to claim the phrase "fake news" as his own original idea in an interview:

The President says he has never heard the phrase used anywhere else before. 

Maybe Trump is planning to create his very own language? After all, there was that "covfefe" incident earlier this year.

Well, that is something the respected English language practitioners at Merriam-Webster are not going to let him get away with. They added to the conversation with proof of their research on the term that predates the President by over two centuries. 

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