President Trump’s more than 50 interviews with Fox News or Fox Business Network as president have become a key part of his communications strategy.
By JM Rieger JM Rieger Video editor for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 3 at 9:59 AM President Trump’s 52nd interview on a Fox network Thursday night marked a new milestone: He has conducted four interviews over the past seven days on either Fox News or Fox Business Network, the most he has conducted on Fox in a single week since becoming president, according to a Fix analysis of Factba.se’s database of Trump’s interviews.
Eleven of Trump’s 20 interviews this year have been conducted on Fox News or Fox Business Network. In 2018, just over one-fifth of Trump’s 99 interviews were conducted on Fox, and in 2017 Trump appeared on the Fox networks for roughly one-third of his 52 interviews. For their part, Fox anchors routinely compliment Trump, tee up softball questions, allow him to air conspiracy theories and guide him through interviews, examples of which you can watch in the video above. If Trump talks for too long, Fox hosts will interject. Minute 12: "Mr. President, I know you have to run."16: "I know you have to run...
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