Former President Donald Trump has expressed strong dissatisfaction with Fox News after his recent interview with Tucker Carlson garnered significantly higher viewership than the network’s Republican debate. Trump warned Fox that if they persist with their anti-Trump stance, their popularity could plummet.

The 45th President highlighted that his interview with Carlson drew a much larger audience compared to Fox News’ debate, which he chose not to attend. The interview, broadcast on Twitter/X simultaneously with the Milwaukee, Wisconsin debate last Wednesday, recorded remarkable viewership.

In contrast, Fox reported that their debate, moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, had an average viewership of almost 13 million. This number is substantially lower than the viewership of the first GOP debate during Trump’s previous presidential campaign in August 2015.

It’s noteworthy that Trump’s interview with Carlson achieved unprecedented viewership records. The interview between Trump and Carlson broke records, surpassing even Oprah Winfrey’s 1993 interview with Michael Jackson to become the most-watched interview in history. This interview also outperformed the viewership of the largest Super Bowl audience on record.

In response to these viewership disparities, Trump shared his sentiments on his Truth Social platform late on Saturday. He emphasized that his interview garnered 260 million views, contrasting it with the 11 million viewers of the Fox News debate. Trump warned Fox News that if they don’t align themselves with the “MAGA” movement (Make America Great Again), they could continue to lose viewers and ratings, leading to irreparable damage to their reputation.

These comments from Trump emerged after he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on politically motivated charges related to alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state. As he campaigns for the 2024 Republican nomination, Trump is facing a total of 91 charges across federal and state indictments, which he firmly denies.

Furthermore, Trump criticized Fox News for promoting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Fox’s promotion of a “poll” suggesting that DeSantis is gaining ground on Trump was met with widespread mockery, as the poll cited was from DeSantis’ own campaign.


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