On Wednesday night, Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs interviewed President Donald Trump. As CNN's Brian Stelter noted in his "Reliable Sources" newsletter, it was the 19th interview Trump has done with Fox since being inaugurated. That's almost five times as many interviews as he has done with any other news outlet over that time.
Fox, as Trump has said many times, is the only really "good" news organization out there. They are real news -- unlike the "fake news" of places like CNN and The Washington Post.
After reading through the transcript of Trump's interview with Dobbs, you can see why Trump likes the network so much -- and why he thinks it's non-fake news. (Important reminder: Trump calls news "fake" when it is not favorable -- or favorable enough -- to him.)
These are REAL "questions" Dobbs asked the President. Not kidding. Real.
1. "In nine months in office, you’ve already accomplished more in the way of job creation. The move in the equities markets has been extraordinary and record-setting. All of the indexes, at or near record levels. You have accomplished so much in that nine months. ... How do you move from here?"
2. "A lot of love and a lot to get done."
3. "Well you’re the first President to talk openly and honestly about offshoring of production, the outsourcing of jobs."
4. "But business has taken such a voice in this town, in this swamp that you are the only countervailing influence to that dominance of US multinationals in this country. And it’s -- the country owes you a great debt on so much."
5. "You’ve got to be immensely gratified at what you’ve been able to do, often with a recalcitrant Congress and Senate."
6. "I really appreciate your time, as does our audience -- you came into this job fighting like hell. And you are fighting like hell every day."
There's more like that but you get the idea.
To be clear: Not every question asked by a reporter interviewing the President has to be, by default, adversarial. But the "questions" Dobbs asked aren't even in the universe of objective.
Which is why Trump likes them. And why Dobbs will get another interview with the President. Which was probably his point all along.
-- Chris |
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