Voracious reader: The fascinating media diet of Donald Trump

President Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026

President Trump has a frequent, if slightly out-of-date, complaint in the era of the online press: The stories he prefers always seem to get buried in the print edition.

After signing a deal to reduce drug prices, the president complained that the New York Times had only written “a little story,” and worse yet, the positive coverage was tucked “way in the back of the paper.” Never...