Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News reporter John Roberts on Tuesday after his network supposedly gave too much attention to a protester who interrupted the president’s speech in Virginia.
While talking with a gaggle of reporters after returning to the White House, Trump called out Roberts for focusing too much on a protester who held up a sign that read “Deport hate” during his speech while shouting, “Mr. President, you can’t send us back, Virginia is our home!”
“You gave the protester 100 percent of the time!” the president complained. “And I don’t care about coverage, the last thing I need is coverage. But listen, John — 100 percent, not one word of the speech. And, you know, we were there about the speech.”
Trump went on to say that the protester “didn’t look so good to me” and complained that Roberts nonetheless “gave him 100 percent.”
“You know what? That’s okay,” the president said sarcastically to Roberts. “You often do that, that’s okay.”
According to the Daily Beast [1], Trump is highly concerned with waning support over at Fox News.
According to three people who have independently spoken with the president about the network in the past month, Trump has repeatedly asked, “What the hell is going on at Fox?” He’s been hounding employees at Fox with the same question, including Sean Hannity.
“I’ve been good to them,” Trump said of the network according to one source.
WATCH:
Trump criticizes Fox News for broadcasting that a protester (@IbraheemSamirah [2]) interrupted his speech in Jamestown.
"The protester didn't look so good to me. I'm going to be very nice," he adds. pic.twitter.com/1kCx1x2pbV [3]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 30, 2019 [4]