Falsely claims 'biggest Electoral College win since Reagan,' doubles down when corrected

During his February 16, 2017 solo press conference, Trump told reporters, "I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan," according to the White House's own published transcript. A reporter immediately challenged the claim on camera, noting that Presidents Obama (2008 and 2012) and George H.W. Bush (1988) had all won larger electoral college margins; Trump responded, "Well, I'm talking about Republican," narrowing rather than retracting the claim, then added, "I was given that information ... it was a very substantial victory." Fact-checkers found the statement false even limited to Republican presidents, since Trump's 304-vote total ranked 46th of 58 elections by electoral-vote share, and noted he had made the same unsupported claim during the transition period before this press conference. The same reporter asked Trump directly why the public should trust him when he was providing false information while accusing the press of doing the same, an exchange that fell between his February 4 attack on a 'so-called judge' and his February 17 declaration that the media were 'the enemy of the American People.'

“I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan.” Quote verified against source