Trump unexpectedly launches Fox News

President Donald Trump made a soap opera at Fox News on Sunday, claiming that the network known for its conservative trend "is filling up with Democrats and even using Fake, an outsourced @nytimes, a" source "of information . "

The president's attacks were part of a wider attack on one of his favorite targets, the media, but what was unusual was that Trump replaced Fox News, his long-time favorite, with the likes of his own. other media. We do not know what triggered the complaints of Sunday.

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"@FoxNews, who has not managed to get the very boring debates of the dem, is now using it with Democrats and even uses Fake unstourcing @nytimes as the" source "of information (ask the Times what they paid for the Boston Globe, and what they sold (for a billion and a half dollars lost), or the disaster of their former headquarters or their unfunded liabilities? " wrote Trump on Twitter.

"@ FoxNews is changing fast, but they have forgotten the people who brought them there!" He said.

Trump is known for his series of attacks on news reports and reporters in the New York Times and other media, accusing them of reporting "false news."

On Sunday, Trump compared Fox News weekend anchors to CNN, NBC and MSNBC anchors, including Brian Williams.

"Watching @FoxNews' weekend anchors is worse than watching bad grades. Fake News @CNN or Lyin 'Brian Williams (remember when he totally fabricated a war story trying to turn into a hero and was fired.) A very dishonest journalist!) Comcast's crew (NBC / MSNBC) degenerate hateful Trump, who do everything Brian and Steve tell them to do, "said the president, presumably referring to leaders Brian Roberts and Steve Burke.

Later in the evening, Trump pursued an extra line of attack against Fox, accusing them of hiring Donna Brazile, former Democratic Party leader.

"Unable to believe that @FoxNews has hired @donnabrazile, the person fired by @CNN (after trying to hide the wrong facts and failed) for giving Crooked Hillary Clinton the issues of a debate, unimaginable thing."

He added, "Look at the anchors of the @FoxNews weekend day, which are terrible, chasing hard times. That's what they want – but it's certainly not what the audience wants! "

Earlier in the day, the US president had criticized the New York Times for a new report on a border detention center in Clint, Texas, which dealt with the disastrous and overcrowded situation of migrant children.

"Fake News Media, in particular the Failing @nytimes group, write fictional and exaggerated stories about detention centers at the border," he said.

In response, the New York Times strongly supported his article and responded to Trump's tweet by stating, "We are confident in the accuracy of our reporting on the detention centers of the US Border Patrol."

Although Trump often expressed his attachment to Fox News and Fox personalities such as Sean Hannity, it was not the first time the president had included the network in a flood of anti-media tweets.

In the past, Trump was targeting Fox's animators on weekends, including Chris Wallace, the host of "Fox News Sunday." In May, Trump said Fox News had "forgotten the people … who brought them there." he tweeted, "Something weird is happening at Fox."

Trump has also developed growing discontent with Fox News, as the network spends time at public meetings with presidential candidates in the 2020 presidential election. The president met with Fox News earlier this year. , in early April, with Fox, Senator Bernie Sanders, and again in May, in front of his town hall with South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

The president was the target of an unannounced attack on Fox News Sunday. During a live broadcast of France after the victory of the American women's football team at the Women's World Cup, the crowd was heard screaming "F-Trump" behind the correspondent of Greg Palkot.

David Cohen contributed to this article.