Trump Lashes Out at Fox News Poll as Barr Meets With Murdoch
New York Times - By Maggie Haberman and Katie Benner
Oct. 10, 2019
Attorney General William P. Barr met privately Wednesday evening with Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who is one of President Trump’s frequent confidants but whose Fox News is viewed by the president as more hostile toward him than it used to be.
The meeting was held at Mr. Murdoch’s home in New York, according to someone familiar with it. It was unclear if anyone else attended or what was discussed. Aides to both Mr. Murdoch and Mr. Barr declined requests for comment on the meeting.
The visit took place as the impeachment inquiry into Mr. Trump by House Democrats has gathered momentum. Mr. Barr has emerged as a key defender of the president’s concerns about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mr. Barr was criticized in the spring for his handling of the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, before it was released publicly.
Mr. Trump has sought out Mr. Murdoch’s opinion on a wide range of issues in the past, and Fox News has provided Mr. Trump with key support both as a candidate and as president.
Recently, Fox News personalities have questioned the validity of efforts by House Democrats to impeach the president. They have also helped draw attention to the debunked theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election to aid Democrats, a theory favored by Mr. Trump but which contradicts the findings of American intelligence communities and the Mueller report that Russia intervened in the election to help Republicans. And anchors such as Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham have remained vocally supportive of the president.
Nonetheless, Mr. Trump believes that the network has become more critical of him, and he has grown increasingly critical of Fox News, denouncing some anchors and reporters he does not consider to be friendly to him, such as Shepard Smith and even Ed Henry, with whom he held a recent interview. And while Mr. Trump talks frequently with Tucker Carlson, another Fox News host, Mr. Carlson has been critical of Mr. Trump’s July call with the president of Ukraine, which prompted the impeachment inquiry. Mr. Carlson said in a column for The Daily Caller website that there was “no way” to spin what took place on that call as a positive for Mr. Trump.
On Thursday morning, Mr. Trump lashed out at Fox News over a poll it commissioned on attitudes toward the impeachment inquiry.
The poll showed that 51 percent of people surveyed believe that Mr. Trump should be impeached and removed from office. Another 4 percent said he should be impeached but not removed, and 40 percent said they are against impeaching Mr. Trump.
“From the day I announced I was running for President, I have NEVER had a good @FoxNews Poll. Whoever their Pollster is, they suck,” Mr. Trump posted on Twitter. “But @FoxNews is also much different than it used to be in the good old days.”
In another tweet, he added, “@FoxNews doesn’t deliver for US anymore. It is so different than it used to be. Oh well, I’m President!”
I am sure everything is above board with this meeting. What former AG has had any reason to meet with a TV mogul 13 months before an election?
Whoever their Pollster is, they suck
A president says "They suck." Mind and social skills third grade level. Ridiculous.
Whoever their Pollster is, they suck
A president says "They suck." Mind and social skills third grade level. Ridiculous.
But it makes for good press and Tweet attention....Which is all this narcissist cares about. What an embarrassment this buffoon is. I will go a couple grades higher though and suggest it's probably sixth grade level speak. 😛
. . .I will go a couple grades higher though and suggest it's probably sixth grade level speak.
Probably a more accurate assessment - he does exhibit the immaturity, pettiness, barbarity, and ignorant savagery of a junior high schooler.
And today Shep Smith walks out.
And today Shep Smith walks out.
He will feel more at home with CNN.
Whoever their Pollster is, they suck
A president says "They suck." Mind and social skills third grade level. Ridiculous.
Language like this is what makes trailer park trash think they can relate to a billionaire. It's part of the con. If he didn't talk like that, Trump would never have gotten the tax law through.
And today Shep Smith walks out.
He will feel more at home with CNN.
I bet he'll find it a refreshing change from the constant spin, outright lies, and cheer leading for Dear Leader Trump....
Shep should start something on his own. Website, podcast...
And today Shep Smith walks out.
He will feel more at home with CNN.
I bet he'll find it a refreshing change from the constant spin, outright lies, and cheer leading for Dear Leader Trump....
And leave behind a station that lives on conspiracy theories & goes to no end to support a treasonous, Russian loving, foul-mouthed racist, draft dodging, and unstable "genius" who thinks he knows more than the generals who served under him until they walked out in disgust.
And today Shep Smith walks out.
He will feel more at home with CNN.
I bet he'll find it a refreshing change from the constant spin, outright lies, and cheer leading for Dear Leader Trump....
And leave behind a station that lives on conspiracy theories & goes to no end to support a treasonous, Russian loving, foul-mouthed racist, draft dodging, and unstable "genius" who thinks he knows more than the generals who served under him until they walked out in disgust.
Speaking of which, the green light he gave Turkey in last week's phone call is, not surprisingly, lit another powder keg in the Middle East as things have really heated up in the past 48 hours.....
With the actual experienced military men no longer in his cabinet, we have an infant running foreign policy and the Pentagon. The useful idiot has turned out to be one hell of an asset/investment for Putin....When will the Republicans in the Senate stand up to this buffoon?
I recall many of the same Republican Senators had a cow when Obama released a couple prisoners from Guantanamo. Now we have wing nut Trump causing a near catastrophe in Syria and potentially sending ISIS fighters and other dangerous individuals into Europe and these same Senators are doing very little to stand up to dear leader.
[Edited on 10/12/2019 by Chain]
And today Shep Smith walks out.
He will feel more at home with CNN.
I bet he'll find it a refreshing change from the constant spin, outright lies, and cheer leading for Dear Leader Trump....
And leave behind a station that lives on conspiracy theories & goes to no end to support a treasonous, Russian loving, foul-mouthed racist, draft dodging, and unstable "genius" who thinks he knows more than the generals who served under him until they walked out in disgust.
Speaking of which, the green light he gave Turkey in last week's phone call is, not surprisingly, lit another powder keg in the Middle East as things have really heated up in the past 48 hours.....
With the actual experienced military men no longer in his cabinet, we have an infant running foreign policy and the Pentagon. The useful idiot has turned out to be one hell of an asset/investment for Putin....When will the Republicans in the Senate stand up to this buffoon?
I recall many of the same Republican Senators had a cow when Obama released a couple prisoners from Guantanamo. Now we have wing nut Trump causing a near catastrophe in Syria and potentially sending ISIS fighters and other dangerous individuals into Europe and these same Senators are doing very little to stand up to dear leader.
[Edited on 10/12/2019 by Chain]
The incompetent mastermind has added yet another catalyst to an already unstable middle east & turned his back AGAIN on former allies. That and his destabilization via trade wars shows how inept Trump really is, but his prime defenders line up.
He is a destabilizing force on the world stage playing games via gut instinct and not listening to whoever is left of advisors surrounding him. MAGA. 😛
And today Shep Smith walks out.
He will feel more at home with CNN.
I bet he'll find it a refreshing change from the constant spin, outright lies, and cheer leading for Dear Leader Trump....
And leave behind a station that lives on conspiracy theories & goes to no end to support a treasonous, Russian loving, foul-mouthed racist, draft dodging, and unstable "genius" who thinks he knows more than the generals who served under him until they walked out in disgust.
Speaking of which, the green light he gave Turkey in last week's phone call is, not surprisingly, lit another powder keg in the Middle East as things have really heated up in the past 48 hours.....
With the actual experienced military men no longer in his cabinet, we have an infant running foreign policy and the Pentagon. The useful idiot has turned out to be one hell of an asset/investment for Putin....When will the Republicans in the Senate stand up to this buffoon?
I recall many of the same Republican Senators had a cow when Obama released a couple prisoners from Guantanamo. Now we have wing nut Trump causing a near catastrophe in Syria and potentially sending ISIS fighters and other dangerous individuals into Europe and these same Senators are doing very little to stand up to dear leader.
[Edited on 10/12/2019 by Chain]
I would have a lot more respect for Trump if he would stand up to Putin just once instead of trashing other Americans, including his own intelligence and military leadership.
