Someone needs to come up with a “more powerful” word than “fake” to describe just how despicable today’s legacy media have become, President Donald Trump said Tuesday at a White House Hanukkah reception. Trump singled out CNN, which had reporters and cameras at the event: "CNN, fake news, they’re back there (in the reception hall). Their camera’s rolling; their light will go off in any second there. “They hate when I mention their name because they know it’s only bad. Because they’re crooked as hell.” Trump called out CNN for its coverage dismissing the U.S. strike that destroyed the threat of Iran’s nuclear problem earlier this year as an example. Trump said CNN disparaged his claim that “We obliterated them,” even though that’s how the pilots, the Atomic Energy Commission – and even Iran – described the success of the mission. “They're fake news. It might be one of my better terms,” Trump said, taking credit for coining the dubious description of the legacy media’s dishonesty: “I don’t think anybody takes it away. We had some good ones, (such as) ‘Pocahontas.’ But, I think fake news is probably pretty good.” “The only problem is it's actually not strong enough,” Trump said, stressing the need for a stronger adjective: “You know, ‘fake’: it's crooked, corrupt, disgusting news – but, we'll have to do with ‘fake,’ I think." Except, ‘fake’ isn’t strong enough. It’s the only problem. “I wish they could come up with a word that really more powerful than “fake.” But, “fake” is good enough.”