Donald Trump says he considers Roger Ailes a friend, but he doesn't think the Fox News chairman and CEO does anything for him and that he believes the network is "in love with" rival GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio.
"He certainly doesn't do anything," Trump told Stephen Bannon's
Breitbart News Daily show on Sirius XM Thursday. "That I can tell you. He certainly doesn't do anything. In one way, he's very professional, he won't lift his finger to help me."
(Breitbart)
And since Ailes is a professional, Trump continued, maybe that's the way its supposed to be, "but I get treated very badly by Fox."
Trump's ongoing feud with Fox News star anchor Megyn Kelly has been well documented back to the first GOP debate, when he took offense to her line of questioning, but he also on Thursday unloaded on other Fox pundits, calling Karl Rove "a moron" and complaining that Charles Krauthammer "can't say anything good, no matter what."
Bannon and Trump also discussed whether South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Rubio are "going to become the Ken and Barbie" of Fox News after she announced her support this week for the Florida senator.
"Well, I don't know, but they are in love with Rubio and it's amazing to me. And after he cratered in the debate, they protected him," Trump said. "And I look at it and in my opinion, I get treated the worst by far by Fox."
Sandy Fitzgerald ✉
Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics.
© 2024 Newsmax. All rights reserved.