WASHINGTON, February 16. /TASS/. The present wave of US media publications about Russia is "fake news," US President Donald Trump said at a news conference in the White House Thursday.

"Russia is fake news. Russia - this is fake news put out by the media," he said.

"The real news is the fact that people, probably from the Obama administration because they’re there, because we have our new people going in place, right now," the president continued.