Trump Interview On Fox News Comes To An Awkward End

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A Fox & Friends phone conversation with Donald Trump came to an awkward end on Tuesday after co-host Steve Doocy knocked back the US presidents assertion that hell appear on the show weekly through Election Day.

Trump, who had a recurring spot on the Fox News morning show before he ran for president, started the phone interview by saying hed agreed to call in on a weekly basis, like the old days.

I havent heard that, well thats an exclusive right there, Doocy exclaimed.

As the call came to an end nearly an hour later, co-host Brian Kilmeade asked if the chats would continue weekly.

Trump replied: Yeah, were going to do it every week, every Monday, I think they said. And if we cant do it on a Monday well do it on a Tuesday like we did today.

Sounds good, Kilmeade said.

Mr. President, thank you very much. You may want to do it every week, but Fox has not committed to that, Doocy then added. Were going to take it on a case-by-case basis. And Joe Biden , as well, is always welcome to join us for 47 minutes, like we just did with the president.

The Democratic presidential nominee has not appeared on the conservative network in the lead-up to the election. Network hosts have said the Biden campaign has declined multiple requests.

Donald Trump: \"We're gonna [call into Fox & Friends] every week. Every Monday I think they said.\"

Brian Kilmeade: \"Sounds good.\"

Steve Doocy, after Trump hangs up: \"You may want to do it every week, but Fox is not committed to that, and we'll take it on a case-by-case basis.\" pic.twitter.com/VnIHyofm36

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Donald Trump: "We're gonna [call into Fox & Friends] every week. Every Monday I think they said."

Brian Kilmeade: "Sounds good."

Steve Doocy, after Trump hangs up: "You may want to do it every week, but Fox is not committed to that, and we'll take it on a case-by-case basis." pic.twitter.com/VnIHyofm36
Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) September 15, 2020

Trump is a veteran Fox & Friends guest and featured on the Monday Mornings with Trump segment from 2011 until announcing his presidential run in 2015. He routinely used that platform to project his racist and baseless birther conspiracy theory about former President Barack Obama .

CNN s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter, whose new book Hoax: Donald Trump , Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth explores Trumps relationship with the conservative network, noted that Trump harnessed those weekly appearances to tap into Fox News Republican base and that he may be instigating an attempt to reopen that powerful avenue to reach his base directly in the final weeks of the election season.

While he no longer has a segment, Trumps extended conversations have been a regular fixture on the program throughout his candidacy and presidency.