That’s what the WP is implying Trump is advocating by giving winks and legitimacy to these conspiracies.
But the WP always does this. It doesn’t matter what Trump does or doesn’t do, they will accuse him either way.
Fortunately I think that a larger share of the public now realizes that this is how the press operates, and they are suspicious of accusations disguised as “news”.
It’s one reason why the MSM are getting angrier and more open in their propaganda, they know that the American public is getting wise to their behavior.
The best part for me is that the MSM were the originators of the phrase “fake news”, and they tried to apply that to Trump; instead, Trump and about half of the population at large grabbed that phrase and began beating the MSM to a pulp with it.