Overview
- Trump blasted Fox News and correspondent Peter Doocy for airing a healthcare-focused interview with Sen. Mark Kelly, posting an ultimatum to the network to "get on board, or get off board".
- In his posts, Trump accused Fox of highlighting "fake bad" polls and claimed his popularity stands at 65%, calling the FoxNews Poll unreliable.
- Kelly warned that the shutdown threatens health-care tax credits and urged the House to return for negotiations to lower costs.
- Trump suggested he may be done with Fox and took his case to Newsmax, which promoted live coverage of his Norfolk event and hosted him for a follow-up interview.
- On Newsmax, Trump cited an anti-Trump "undercurrent" at Fox and Donald Trump Jr. criticized the network as a "RINO" outlet, underscoring a conservative media rift.