Trump was undoubtedly hoping that the MSM would fall for his favorite false equivalence trick, and that Biden would be damaged by the Ukraine story just as much as he was. It isn’t working, because this isn’t 2016, and the MSM have learned to push back vigorously against his lies. They are making it clear, every time the story comes up, that there is no evidence that the Bidens did anything illegal. The consequences are plain to see.
It is unpleasant and unprecedented for reporters to have to call our president a liar over and over again, but what else can they do, if they want to avoid becoming mouthpieces for the lies? No wonder the Trump campaign is pouring so much money into Facebook, which won’t do the same thing.