Analysis: His Fox News gig was the perfect transition from 'Apprentice' Trump to politician Trump
President Trump’s professional relationship with Fox News is much older than his career in politics. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 17 at 2:59 PM President Trump seemed to tip his hand in a tweet on Tuesday.
One can read that word as reflecting a sort of generic what-do-we-have-here. Or you can read it, as many did, as reflecting that Trump sees himself as part of the Fox News family. Fox promoted the relationship with an ad touting Trump’s appearances, as reported at the time by Mediaite.A 2011 promo on Fox News. His first weekly segment on the program ran on April 4, 2011. He was asked about an impending budget deal and touted former House speaker Paul D. Ryan as “just absolutely terrific.” He talked about how China was “taking our jobs.” They talked about how Oprah Winfrey wanted to give Trump bangs.
At the time that Trump started appearing on Fox News in 2011, he was also actively promoting birtherism, claiming that former president Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States. Shortly before Trump’s first “Fox and Friends” appearance, he appeared on a Fox News show then-hosted by Bill O’Reilly where he claimed Obama didn’t have a birth certificate.
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