This exchange highlights the dynamic between former President Trump and media figures, including those on Fox News, as well as the ongoing scrutiny of Trump’s actions and statements since leaving office.
“JESSE’S [WATTERS] BEEN GREAT, GREG’S BEEN GREAT, GREG GUTFELD HAS BEEN, I MEAN, LOOK AT WHAT HE’S DONE, RIGHT?” CONTINUED TRUMP. “THEY’VE ALL BEEN, THEY’VE ALL BEEN GOOD. YOU LOOK ON SATURDAY, IT’S FANTASTIC WITH WITH PETE HEGSETH AND RACHEL [CAMPOS-DUFFY] AND WILL [CAIN]. AND SO WE GET A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GOOD SUPPORT. AND LATELY, BRIAN KILMEADE’S BEEN GREAT, BUT STEVE DOOCY’S BEEN TERRIBLE. I MEAN, TO ME HE’S BEEN JUST TERRIBLE. I THINK HE’S HURTING THE SHOW.”
“HAS HE EVER BEEN GOOD?” INQUIRED KASSAM.
TRUMP REPLIED:
AINSLEY’S [EARHARDT] GOOD, YEAH. BUT NO, I DON’T KNOW. YOU KNOW, STEVE DOOCY’S INTERESTING BECAUSE HE’S ALWAYS BEEN SO NICE TO ME FOR YEARS, FOR YEARS GOING BACK TO 2016. IN FACT, WHEN I WON NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 2016, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. AND THEY HAD EVERY NEWS ANCHOR WANTING TO INTERVIEW. I LET HIM DO IT AND HE DID IT, AND HE WASN’T EVEN REALLY THE APPROPRIATE ONE TO DO IT. BUT I YOU KNOW, I AM LOYAL TO PEOPLE AND I HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. BUT I WOULD SAY OVER THE LAST YEAR, I DON’T KNOW. HE JUST SEEMS TO BE NOT NICE LIKE HE SHOULD BE, MAYBE AND MAYBE I’M WRONG ABOUT THAT. BUT EVEN THIS MORNING, BRIAN KILMEADE WAS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD. HE’S ACTUALLY CHANGED.
“YOU STILL WATCH IT A LOT, THOUGH?” ASKED KASSAM.
“I WATCH IT, YEAH I WATCH IT,” ANSWERED TRUMP.
HE KNEW THAT HE HAD LOST BECAUSE HE WAS TOLD BY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, ‘YOU’VE LOST, MR. PRESIDENT.’ BUT HE KEPT REPEATING THE LIE, AND THESE CONSPIRACY CHARGES WERE ABOUT, ARE ABOUT HOW THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM, SIX CO-CONSPIRATORS, FIGURED WAYS TO KEEP THAT LIE GOING
