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Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld chided the media for taking "the bait" every time President Trump tweets.

In an interview with the Boston Herald's Inside Track, Weld, who ran as 2016 Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson's running mate, said journalists are enabling Trump's agenda by breaking "one of the rules of politics" by jumping on every 140-character message sent by the president.

"One of the rules in politics is don't go for the bait," Weld said. "When someone drags a wiggly nightcrawler in front of you, don't snap at it every time. The media seems to be snapping at every single tweet that Mr. Trump does and I think he knows exactly what he's doing. The media is making it work for him."

Weld went on the say that Trump is having "fun" in his war against the media, in which he often singles out certain certain outlets like CNN and the New York Times for criticism and calling them "fake news."

Despite the sometimes questionable nature of the tweets, which sometimes verges on the edge of conspiracy (i.e. Trump's tweets alleging without proof about President Barack Obama wiretapping Trump tower), Weld said the president is confident the media will cover him "no matter what he says or does."

"I think he's having fun with the media," Weld said. "He knows they're going to cover him no matter what he says or does, so there's no penalty for dabbling in alternative reality."

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