What are the dangers of Donald Trump branding news items as "fake news"

By naming articles reported by the U.S press as fake news, Donald Trump is turning his followers against the daily press. This is incredibly dangerous for society and democracy as it means their news reporting might always be seen as dubious by Trump supporters. In creating this "fake news" idea, Trump has given his followers are constant reason, and constant answer, for any bad publications regarding what Donald Trump does and says as a Leader. In his followers eyes, many will see the President as a truthful figure - and now with the press having been branded as publishing fake news items, they'll be incredibly likely to believe everything that comes out of Donald Trump's mouth and not the press. The danger? There's a hole host of wrongdoings Donald Trump could now get up to, that he wouldn't have to fear would turn his followers against him. Quite simply he could do what he likes, and say the press are lying.