President Trump went scorched earth on Fox News anchor Shannon Bream over the weekend.
The commander in chief fired off a blistering Truth Social post after Bream's Sunday broadcast featured an interview with freshly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche. During the segment, Bream grilled Blanche about whether he could maintain fairness and independence if Trump tried to meddle in federal legal matters. Blanche shut it down fast, insisting the president has never and would never push him toward anything unethical or unlawful.
But Trump clearly wasn't satisfied with how the whole thing played out. As reported, the president took aim at Bream personally, comparing her program to watching the absolute bottom of the barrel at CNN. He wrote that he doesn't know Bream personally but said she consistently selects guests, graphics, and polling data that paint his administration in a negative light.
Trump rattled off what he considers his biggest wins, including border security achievements, stock market performance, and military operations connected to Iran and Venezuela. None of those accomplishments, he argued, ever get airtime on Bream's show.
The president didn't stop there. He labeled "Fox News Sunday" as completely slanted against MAGA, against him personally, and against the Republican Party as a whole. He called the whole situation "ridiculous."
Then came the prediction. Trump declared Bream's program "beyond redemption" and forecast that her ratings would start tanking. He pointed out that the MAGA movement represents nearly the entire Republican base, suggesting those viewers would simply tune out.
Perhaps the spiciest jab of all came when Trump dragged former "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace into the conversation. Wallace departed Fox News back in 2021, and Trump acknowledged he was a problematic anchor. But then he twisted the knife, saying Bream is actually even worse than Wallace was.
This kind of media warfare is nothing new for the 47th president. Throughout both of his administrations, Trump has gone back and forth with journalists and anchors across the media landscape. While he's shown plenty of love for Fox News and specific personalities on the network over the years, he clearly has no problem turning his fire on anyone at the channel who he feels crosses the line into unfair territory.
CNN remains his all time favorite punching bag, of course. He's spent years accusing the network of deliberately pushing left leaning narratives designed to undermine his presidency. The fact that he used CNN as the ultimate insult while going after Bream tells you everything about where he thinks her coverage ranks.
So there you have it. Even Fox News isn't safe when President Trump feels the coverage isn't giving him a fair shake. Shannon Bream just found that out the hard way on a Sunday afternoon.
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