New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- United States President Donald Trump, on Saturday, 7 February 2026, publicly backed local conservative company Nexstar Media's move to acquire Tegna for $6.2 billion, saying that it would be good for competition against the 'enemy' of the fake news networks, according to a Truth Social post.

In his recent post, Trump said that America needs more competition among news organisations to stand against the alleged enemy of other 'fake news', and deals like Nexstar Media acquiring Tegna will boost the same at a higher and sophisticated level.

"We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks. Letting Good Deals get done like Nexstar - Tegna will help knock out the Fake News because there wil...