Donald Trump attacks the FBI in the first television interview after losing the election

Donald Trump gives an interview on Fox News, although he moves further and further away from the station. The president of the United States is once again spreading confusing conspiracy theories surrounding voter fraud.

Update on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 8 pm: the United States election it really should be done. Despite ongoing counts in some states, the result is unlikely to change, as the vote count in Wisconsin shows. However, the issue continues to concern the media, mainly because Donald trump He does not give up.

In a 45 minute interview with Fox News Sunday morning (local time) The american president Conspiracy theories again confused around alleged Electoral fraud. Grab Donald trump among other things FBI who would not have supported him and the election even in favor of Joe biden could have tampered with.

Donald Trump suspects election fraud, curses the FBI

“It’s an absolute scam and how, the FBI and the Department of Justice, I don’t know, maybe they are involved, but how people can get away with something like this is unbelievable,” he said. Triumph on the phone with Maria Bartiromo. “Why isn’t the FBI on it? It’s not you and it’s horrible. […] It is unthinkable. You’d think it’s the most important thing they could see. But they keep going. ” Donald trump he has nominated his own current FBI director Christopher Wray, but suspects a conspiracy by the authorities against him.

Donald Trump: First Interview After Losing Election: US President Attacks FBI

Most of the responses from Donald trump went on for several minutes. He repeated The american president mainly the views that you have already expressed on Twitter in recent weeks. “Votes by mail are a disaster,” he said. Triumph for example. “They said ‘millions and millions and millions of votes absent.’ I’m sure they know people who got three or four, because I did.”

In addition, the main media are to blame for the alleged electoral fraud not being reported. “The media don’t want to talk about it. You know how fraudulent it is. […] We do not have freedom of the press in this country. We have media oppression ”. You can’t have a scandal if nobody reports on it, like this Donald trump. The media would pretend there was no evidence, but there was a lot. “This is the biggest scandal in the history of our country, in terms of voting rights. […] By no means has Joe biden It received 80 million votes. “

Donald Trump visits Fox News by phone

First report on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 1:32 p.m. Washington DC – Donald trump He is not a big fan of the news who does not share his view of the world. That is why the television station was considered for a long time. Fox News as the favorite announcer of the President of the United States. Fox News called Democrats dangerous socialists and praised real estate mogul Donald Trump as a fighter for the common people. However, mutual alienation is increasingly evident.

The alienation between Donald Trump and Fox News continues

Lamented in the election campaign before the 2020 US elections Donald trump lack of support from Fox News and he tried with Rupert Murdoch, the owner of the news network, to get his employees back online. And while the cable broadcaster’s opinion department created a mass mood against Joe Biden on the election campaign and spread crazy conspiracy theories, the news division emancipated itself no later than in the days after the presidential election. November 3, 2020.

Fox News was the first of the big three news stations to declare Joe Biden the winner in the joint Swing State Arizona decision, ahead of less conservative channels CNN and MSNBC. The fact that Fox News also declared Joe Biden the winner of the US elections a few days later and thus rejected the stories of alleged “electoral fraud” Donald trump to white fire. Since then, he has been incessantly firing on his former home Twitter channel and is said to have even considered creating his own digital news channel.

Donald Trump urges his fans to watch the specialized channels OAN and “Newsmax” instead of Fox News.

From the idea of ​​your own news channel it seems Donald trump To be out of the way: too expensive, too complex, it is said from the immediate surroundings of Donald Trump, as reported by several American media. Instead, the president-elect announces his new favorite channel. “One America News ”(OAN) Y “Newsmax“Both channels are seen as politically right-wing, open to conspiracy theories and quite dubious. And both channels are drumming for Donald Trump and his narrative of a” stolen election. “

However, it has a problem Donald trump: Either NAO as much as “Newsmax“They are small channels of special interest with hardly any ratings worth mentioning. The top three news channels Fox News, CNN and MSNBC make up the majority of the American audience for the most part. If Trump wants to see screens in the living rooms of his followers, OAN and “Newsmax” have only helped him in a limited way. The main Republican electorate is watching Fox News.

Donald Trump wants without Fox News, but still can’t

This dilemma can be used to explain Trump’s latest charade: outgoing president intervened Fox News back on Twitter, he called the network’s show “basically invisible, especially on weekends.” His loyal followers demanded Donald trump in, NAO, „Newsmax“Or” almost everything else. ” He added: “This will save you from endless interviews with Democrats and much worse.”

But shortly after, Trump himself questioned the coherence of his words: Fox News Boycotting himself and thus underlining the request to his fans, Trump gave a telephone interview on television, on the Fox News program. The message becomes clear between the lines: I want Donald trump Slowly bleeding Fox News and drawing the attention of fans to Trump’s benevolent and uncritical television networks. But he can’t do without Fox News and the audience for the highest-rated American news channel. (Mirko Schmid)

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