Donald Trump has been lashing out at Fox News lately, sometimes over poll numbers that aren’t in his favor, and other times if the network interviews a Democrat. Lately, Trump has been promoting the far-right network OANN on his Twitter account while bashing Fox News, and there seems to be a reason for that. Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman reports that Trump views Fox as insufficiently loyal, so a group tied to Donald Trump Jr. is seeking a stake in One America News so the president can “take down” Fox News in favor of a more loyal outlet to the president.
Trump seems to believe that he made Fox News, and the network owes him loyalty for that.
“Trump loves that many Fox hosts are his loudest cheerleaders—but any deviation from Trumpian orthodoxy he views as betrayal. He sees himself as responsible for the network’s continued ratings success, and expects to be treated as such,” Sherman writes. “In private, Trump reminds friends that Fox tried to derail his campaign during the 2016 Republican primary and he vents that Fox owes its record ratings to him. “At the end of the day, Trump thinks he owns Fox. He thinks he made them,” said a Republican who discussed Fox with Trump.
“According to sources, an investor group aligned with his son Don Jr. and the Dallas-based Hicks family has acquired a major stake in One America News Network, the fledgling conservative cable-news channel that features hosts like Jack Posobiec, a chief promoter of the Pizzagate conspiracy. “[RNC co-chair] Tommy Hicks and Don Jr. have been looking to buy a station for Trump TV,” said one source briefed on the talks,” Gabriel continues. “This is all about building a Fox competitor. Trump is really aiming to take down Fox.”
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Trump’s tweets at the end of April seem to confirm the president wants an alternative to Fox News.
….Even the Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats laughed at the Fox suggestion. No respect for the people running @FoxNews. But Fox keeps on plugging to try and become politically correct. They put RINO Paul Ryan on their Board. They hire “debate questions to Crooked Hillary”….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2020
The reality TV show star president always seeks the spotlight, so this report makes perfect sense. Let him go to the hellscape called OANN where he can yell into the echo chamber, and we can get a real president.
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