Trump rips Fox News poll showing 53 percent approval on border
President Trump on Thursday tore into Fox News over a poll showing Americans virtually split on his handling of immigration issues and the southern border.
The poll, released this week, found a majority, 53 percent, approve of Trump's handling of border security while 46 percent disapprove. The outlet also noted the president's negative ratings on issues such as immigration, as 46 percent approve and 53 percent disapprove, and foreign policy, with 42 percent approving while 57 percent disapprove.
His worst marks, per the Fox News poll, include the economy, with a 58 percent disapproval and 40 percent approval, as well as inflation, with 64 percent disapproving and 34 percent backing his handling.
Trump, in a Truth Social post early Thursday, blasted the network' and its findings.
'The Crooked FoxNews Polls got the Election WRONG, I won by much more than they said I would, and have been biased against me for years,' the president wrote. 'They are always wrong and negative.'
The president claimed his followers dislike the network because of its polling 'even though their anchors are GREAT.'
'I hate FAKE pollsters, one of the Worst, but Fox will never change their discredited pollster,' he added.
Trump has ridiculed Fox and other major television networks he feels have not covered the first several months of his second term fairly.
The president has criticized Rupert Murdoch, the founder and former chairman of Fox Corp. over the coverage he receives on Fox and in Murdoch's other media properties like the Wall Street Journal and New York Post.
Trump regularly grants interviews to Fox News journalists, and selected several former hosts and pundits at the network to serve in key positions in his administration.
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