Pres. Donald Trump (Screenshot)

President Donald Trump would "rather have fake news like CNN" than have anyone, even his worst opponents, be censored, Trump told a West Virginia rally on Tuesday.

Any form of censorship is worse than the harm done by fake news sources, like CNN, Trump said. He also warned that, if even one type of censorship is permitted, it creates a slippery slope that can backfire on the censor. Thus, as much as he loathes fake news, he'll live with it - and we should, too, Trump said: