{"id":8832,"date":"2026-07-17T18:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8832"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:18:36","slug":"fox-friends-completely-ignores-trumps-election-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8832","title":{"rendered":"Fox &#038; Friends Completely Ignores Trump&#8217;s Election Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"o-share-btn-wrap\">\n<div id=\"post-social\">\n<div class=\"o-share-wrap\">\n<p>    <button class=\"o-share-btn o-share-btn-article\">Share<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-share\">\n<div class=\"share-reddit o-share-item is-hidden\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.location = '\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=\" encodeuricomponent=\"\" return=\"\" false=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64, 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\" alt=\"submit to reddit\" border=\"0\" width=\"58\" height=\"20\"\/> <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <button id=\"copy-button\" data-copy-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/fox-friends-completely-ignores-trumps-election-speech-doesnt-mention-it-once-in-3-hour-show\">Copy\u00a0Link<\/button>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"o-comments-link u-disqus-count c-article__comments-link\" aria-label=\"Comments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/fox-friends-completely-ignores-trumps-election-speech-doesnt-mention-it-once-in-3-hour-show\/#open-comments\" data-disqus-identifier=\"5743291 https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/?p=5743291\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5743316\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5743316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5743316\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TRump-speech.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TRump-speech.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TRump-speech-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TRump-speech-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TRump-speech-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5743316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Saul Loeb\/AP photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As other networks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/gotta-love-this-joe-scarborough-seizes-on-declassified-2020-docs-as-proof-trump-fell-hook-line-and-sinker-for-putins-talking-points\/\">picked apart<\/a> President <strong>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong> prime-time address to the nation early Friday morning, Fox News went in a completely different direction.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> produced not one mention of the president\u2019s address from the night before, during which the commander in chief once again attempted to cast doubt on the integrity of American elections \u2014 pointing a finger at Venezuela and China.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the regular lineup of co-hosts <strong>Brian Kilmeade<\/strong>, <strong>Ainsley Earhardt<\/strong>, and <strong>Lawrence Jones<\/strong> discussed the latest campaign of U.S. airstrikes against Iran, the air quality crisis choking much of America, disastrous flooding in Texas, the World Cup, and a \u201cphenomenal\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rubio-puts-entire-world-notice-against-rise-poisonous-far-left-terror-masked-equality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech<\/a> \u2014 by <strong>Marco Rubio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the three-hour show, the <em>F&amp;F<\/em> crew turned it over to <em>America\u2019s Newsroom<\/em> host <strong>Dana Perino<\/strong> for a preview of the 9 a.m. show. In it, she also did not mention the speech.<\/p>\n<p>Fox got burned by Trump\u2019s election claims back in 2023, when the network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/the-truth-matters-lies-have-consequences-dominion-attorneys-tout-787-5-million-settlement-as-vindication-and-accountability\/\">settled<\/a> with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over its false claims about fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The network carried Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-goes-on-absolutely-bonkers-rant-about-burn-bags-demands-criminal-probe\/\">speech<\/a> in full on Thursday night. As it concluded, chief political anchor <strong>Bret Baier<\/strong> said Fox News \u201cis not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the president\u2019s statements and claims at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speech was slapped with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/senator-immediately-undercuts-trumps-claim-about-election-fraud-in-speech-so-completely-false\/\">expansive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/07\/16\/white-house-touts-trump-speech-democrats-warn-recycled-falsehoods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/17\/us\/trump-speech-elections-takeaways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">checking<\/a> from several news organizations after Trump repeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/politifact-live-fact-checking-trumps-address-from-the-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> about the 2020 election and foreign interference.<\/p>\n<p>A message left for the network was not immediately returned on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share &#13; Copy\u00a0Link&#13; \u00a0 (Saul Loeb\/AP photo) As other networks picked apart President Donald Trump\u2019s prime-time address to the nation early Friday morning, Fox News went in a completely different direction. 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