Anchor baits Trump into accusing Fox of an anti-MAGA 'undercurrent' and 'lower' poll numbers
President Donald Trump was easily baited into bashing Fox News by an anchor at the network's competition who goaded him by telling him Fox has been against him for years, Mediaite reports.
Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly asked Trump what Mediaite called "a leading question about Fox News," and Trump jumped right on it, "accusing the network of an anti-Trump 'undercurrent' and 'lower' poll numbers than other outlets."
Kelly kicked off the conversation by saying, "So President Trump, you know, there are some good people at Fox News, but let’s face it, a good chunk of them also did not support you in 16 and in 20 and again in 24. What do you make of that opposition?"
The anchor then added that "I saw you put it on Truth Social. They seem to be at war with conservatives they don’t like. And they gave you a really hard time, at times, over the past, well, nine years."
First Trump defended at least one of his Fox loyalists, saying, "Well, but I’ve had many that have been really loyal and really great. I mean, you know, if you look at Sean Hannity and some of the other, I mean ... they couldn’t be better."
"But there’s an undertow there," he added. "There’s like an undercurrent that goes there. Like with polls, I have the best polls I’ve ever had. But Fox never gives you – my numbers are good no matter what they do, because they’re just still good. We have the best numbers I’ve never had, actually."
In September, Trump told Fox News' Martha MacCallum that the "network needs to hire a new pollster" when he was asked about his recent poor polling on the economy, according to Newsweek.
On Newsmax, Trump continued to dump on Fox, saying, "But it’s always lower with Fox than it is with others. And I don’t — you know, I really don’t understand it, but I don’t spend too much time thinking about it or understanding it."
Careful not to entirely alienate the Fox News crew, Trump added, "But, look, we have some great people. It’s like everywhere else, you have some great people, there were some great people and there’s some people I don't like very much."
