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Trump Criticizes Fox News for Daring To Show Clips of Democrats

The president sees even straight news coverage as an act of betrayal.

Joe Lancaster | 10.2.2026 3:00 PM

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President Donald Trump has long been an active participant in American media. He's simultaneously been hostile to any coverage he sees as less than flattering.

Last month, he banned three news outlets from covering the White House, a likely unconstitutional act.

This week, he singled out one of his more sympathetic outlets for criticism, suggesting he sees anything short of obsequious deference as improper.

"Why does FoxNews [sic] always put Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Jessica Tarlov, and every Democrat on, saying bad things about the Republican Party and, of course, me?" Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. "This is why MAGA, and REAL Patriots, will never like Fox! They repeat a completely negative narrative, on and on it goes, and then we get a quick retort."

It's not a new critique: In a July 2024 post, Trump told Fox News, "STOP PUTTING ON THE ENEMY!"

But what's different this time is the specificity of his targets. Schumer and Jeffries, both New York Democrats, are the minority leaders of the Senate and House, respectively. And they make a lot of media appearances, but "very rarely" on Fox, Alex Griffing wrote at Mediaite. "Jeffries last appeared on........

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