Donald Trump's Fake News Comment Is Already the Internet's New Favorite Meme

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Donald Trump's first press conference as president-elect was anything but normal. Trump covered a variety of topics, such as conflicts of interest, Obamacare, and recent allegations that Russia may have information about him. When Trump started taking questions, he continuously didn't answer CNN's Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta's questions and at one point told him "You are fake news." Naturally, the internet decided that if Trump can use "fake news" as an excuse about anything, they can as well.

Ahead, see some of our favorite "fake news" excuses. They'll make you giggle and wonder how we ended up here.

You can use it to dodge questions.

Or as a response to a failing grade.

Try it on your landlord when rent is due.

Or use it whenever someone asks you to do something.

Just shout it at all times.

You can pretend your student debt is fake news.

The fake news excuse applies to everything!