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MAGA Has A Meltdown Over Laura Ingraham’s ‘Combative’ Interview With Trump

Some MAGA fans are unhappy with Laura Ingraham after a contentious Trump interview.

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Laura Ingraham, the longtime Fox News host, isn’t exactly known for pushing back hard against Donald Trump. She even gave a speech at the Republican National Convention in 2016, which isn’t something that cable news hosts typically do, although that speech is most memorable for an early “was that a Nazi salute or not?” controversy.

This week, Ingraham interviewed Trump on Fox, and it was a more contentious interview than has typically been the case when Trump has appeared on that network.

Ingraham asked Trump about why he’s so combative with Canada than with countries that are traditional adversaries of the U.S.

“Only because it’s meant to be our 51st State,” Trump said, calling our neighbors to the North “one of the nastiest countries to deal with.” Ingraham went on to press Trump on trade deficits and even noted that the ruling Liberal Party, which was headed to defeat, seems like it might win this year’s election.

According to The Hill, Ingraham repeatedly asked whether Trump would be willing to defy a court order in the interview.

“No, you can’t do that,” Trump said to that question. “However, we have bad judges. We have very bad judges. These are judges that shouldn’t be allowed. I think at a certain point, you have to look at what do you do when you have a rogue judge.”

The interview featured Ingraham, a conservative pundit who has been on the political stage longer than Trump has. Ingraham found disagreements with Trump, more from the right than the left, leading to a combative but entertaining interview. It was good television, much more so than when Fox’s Sean Hannity interviewed Trump and just extolled him the entire time.

But the response to the interview made something clear: Many MAGA fans don’t like seeing Trump challenged, ever.

Photo courtesy of X screengrab

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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