President Donald Trump claimed during an interview on Fox News that he’s “not a biog fan” of the conservative network after host Chris Wallace confronted him about his mean tweets attacking Wallace and the network for not helping him get reelected. He also accused Wallace of being “nice” to the Democrats.
Wallace noted that “some people” were surprised Trump agreed to the interview, “especially because of some of the mean tweets that you’ve said about me. Mike Wallace wannabe. Nasty and obnoxious.”
The Fox News host quipped that his son’s response to the latter tweet had been “nasty, no, obnoxious, maybe.”
Wallace went on to point out his history of asking Democrats “probing questions” as well as Republicans, cutting to a clip of himself asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) if her promotion of tourism in San Francisco’s Chinatown earlier in the year constituted downplaying the threat of coronavirus.
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Trump responded by praising Wallace’s father, “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace as “one of the most talented journalists,” calling the younger Wallace “likewise a very talented person” but accusing him of being “toward the Democrat side.”
“It just seems to me that you are very prone to be nice to the Democrats and maybe I’m wrong about that, Chris,” Trump responded.
Watch part of the exchange below:
"I'm not a big fan of Fox, I'll be honest with you" — Trump 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/0smVgxqHLD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 19, 2020
