I swear 90% of what Trump says is just a troll. He just throws shit out randomly and watches the media rile everyone up.
Seems obvious to me. He riles against the 'fake media' but constantly feeds them juicy material; in reality he loves the headlines and attention even if it's negative.
Regarding the 'fake lying media' it's a fact that the admin often uses them to leak stories, sometimes fake and sometimes true and in between, and plant propaganda. It's a symbiotic relationship a lot of times.
I've cited Axios here a few times and Coach will say it's fake media but a lot of times it's fake because some of these news orgs are CIA and Mossad disinfo dumps. Barak Ravid of Axios, formerly IDF, for example is often in contact with the pres himself.