President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE on Wednesday predicted that news organizations that he routinely attacks as "fake news" would endorse him in the future, saying that they would go out of business if he weren't in office.

"The [New York] Times, I think they’re going to endorse me," he said at a news conference in New York. "I think that ABC, I think — well Fox, I like Fox, I really do."

"But I think ABC, CBS, NBC, The Times, they’re all going to endorse me," he added. "Because if they don’t they’re going out of business. Can you imagine if you didn’t have me?”

"They're all going to endorse me, because if they don't, they're going out of business." -Trump pic.twitter.com/CxAAmStLXG — Tony Morrison (@THETonyMorrison) September 26, 2018

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TV networks do not issue political endorsements, and the Times endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE during the 2016 election, as did a majority of the 100 largest American newspapers.

Trump frequently attacks the press at large, often labeling it as the "enemy of the people" and suggesting that the United States's libel laws should be changed.

Trump has in particular lashed out at the Times, which he has often described as the "failing" New York Times.

Later in the news conference, Trump told a Times reporter that the newspaper is "doing very well" because of him and suggested that the reporter thank him for that.

"You’re doing very well," he said. "Say, ‘Thank you, Mr. Trump.'”

The reporter politely declined to do so.

Trump also said that most of the stories in the Times about him during his presidency have been negative, but added that he "still love[s]" the newspaper.