“You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you,” Donald Trump told Lesley Stahl after the 2016 election when she asked him why he attacks the media.

Who asked her to?

Why didn’t Lesley Stahl reveal this 18 months ago? Would have given us much needed knowledge. Thanks for the moral support... https://t.co/Gg8fUvOe3E

— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) May 23, 2018

“You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you,” Donald Trump told Lesley Stahl after the 2016 election when she asked him why he attacks the media. https://t.co/2PxPUASlMA

— The Intercept (@theintercept) May 23, 2018

STAHL: Before the interview I met with him in Trump Tower. And he really is the same off camera that he is on camera, exactly the same. And at one point, he started to attack the press. And it’s just me and my boss and him – he has a huge office – and he’s attacking the press. And there were no cameras, there was nothing going on. And I said, “You know, that is getting tired, why are you doing this? You’re doing it over and over and it’s boring, it’s time to end that, you’ve won the nomination [sic], and why do you keep hammering at this?” And he said: “You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.” He said that. So put that in your head for a minute.