Donald Trump came up with a new derisive name for the media on Tuesday.

And critics promptly responded with a punch line.

Speaking at a rally in Sparrows Point, Maryland, Trump justified his frequent appearances on the campaign trail ahead of the 2026 midterm elections by arguing he needs to personally spread the word about what he described as the country’s success under his administration.

“I had to get out. I had to do it. We had to explain what we’re doing,” he told the crowd. “There’s never been a time like this in our country.”

After boasting about investment he claimed is pouring into the United States, Trump complained he was forced to toot his own horn because the press wouldn’t do it for him.

President Trump says he now refers to the news media as "artificial news" instead of "fake news," saying he took the "artificial" from artificial intelligence, which he now calls "super intelligence." pic.twitter.com/GabnXxN2HR

“The media doesn’t like talking about that. I used to call them the fake news but as president I have to be a little more respectful of the media than that, so now I call them the artificial news,” he said, in his latest in a long line of attacks on the press.

“I took artificial off the word intelligence,” he continued, referencing his recent push to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence.”

The term super intelligence “is really, I think, much better, it’s really much more accurate because it’s not really artificial intelligence, it’s super intelligence,” he said.

“Artificial means fake. So I call them the artificial media, but let’s not get into that,” he added.

Trump’s tangent was quickly mocked on social media, with some joking that, by his own logic, it may only be a matter of time before he has to upgrade the term “artificial media” to the “super media.”

Outlets that report the actual facts about the failures of POTUS will now be called “super news!”

The super media reporting on the artificial president

Uh, doesn’t that make it superior news now?

Well, by calling it artificial, he just made it Super News.

Says the Artificial President...There's nothing presidential about him.

Dude took intelligence off intelligence.

He has created his own “artificial”reality in order to cope with being a giant failure and the meltdown will be epic when republicans lose the midterms. Buckle up, scary stuff ahead.

Mr. Trump, you know AI doesn't have a real human brain like diet coke doesn't have real sugar? Right? It's "artificially" sweetened. Anyone who wants to falsely flatter Trump as smart, do so. I'm not doing it.

Soon to be the Super Media 🤗🤗

As the USA continues to tank in virtually every socio-economic metric, Trump proudly says "there's never been a time like this in our country", without ever recognizing his main starring role in the demise of a once great empire.

So inspiring 🙄.

Word fucking salad

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