Former US President George W. Bush said that the independent media "are essential to democracy". Thus, he took up a position opposite to the position of the current US president, Donald Trump, who recently had a series of conflicts with the press. In particular, he recently accused the US of leading publications in the spread of phishing web news, which he called "enemy of the people".

"We need free media to bring to justice people like me. I want to say that the power can be addictive, it can corrode. It is important that the media were forced to respond to people who abused their power here or somewhere else "- quoted by Politico words of George W. Bush.

Recalling his years of his presidency, when he often felt the press criticism, Bush said that he devoted much time to spread the ideas of the free press in the world. Donald Trump often openly praised the Russian president. But according to the previous Republican president, the United States must be a strong example for the likes of Vladimir Putin.

"One of the things which I have devoted a lot of time, this was an attempt to convince Vladimir Putin to accept the understanding of a free press.

It is difficult to know, to tell others that they need a free and independent press, when you yourself do not want to have it ", - he said ex-president.

Recently it was announced that Trump will not visit the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. The event is scheduled for April 29.

As reported, the US president, Donald Trump has accused US media is that they are not highlighted that public debt in the first month of his presidency declined by $ 12 billion.