President Barack Obama commented on the significant problem of fraudulent information on social networks impacting elections in a speech the day before Election Day in 2016, saying lies repeated on social media created a "dust cloud of nonsense".[53][54] Shortly after the election, Obama again commented on the problem, saying in an appearance with German Chancellor Angela Merkel: "if we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems".[55][56] President Trump has also commented significantly on fake news, creating the Fake News Awards to highlight real news outlets that publicly misrepresented him.[57]