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Last Thursday – the day after Donald Trump announced tariffs that will tear a century of US economic policy – the top story on the Fox News website was about a teenager who was stabbed at a Texas High School track competition.
As stocks collapsed on Monday morning, the Fox News website celebrated its World Series victory with readers on a live video of Trump welcoming the Dodgers baseball team in Los Angeles to the White House.
The host of Fox News’ daytime talk show was outnumbered on Monday, and discussed tariffs, claiming that Americans should be patient and faithful in Trump’s strategy.
“This is a market steady as we adapt to the right US-centric economy,” said host Emily Compagno as innovation stockmakers showed a decline in the Dow Jones industrial average. “Just give a bit, the impact for us will be positive.” The host then discussed with a Vancouver woman who was “seriously injured” after someone threw a rock into a Tesla car.
Trump Advisor Stephen Miller will appear on Fox News along with host Laura Ingraham ©Fox News
Some conservative critics recently spoke to the White House when Trump’s tariffs rattled the market and raised the prospect of a global recession. Daily Wire’s Benshapiro accused Trump’s tariffs of “probably unconstitutional” and “based on bad ideas.” The Wall Street Journal editorial board warned that Trump “acts as if he has little understanding of the damage caused by his tariffs.”
However, opinions on Fox News (the go-to news source for conservative Americans) appeared primarily to underestimate fallout.
Five hosts, Johnny Nu Piro, one of Fox’s most popular shows, defended Trump’s tariffs.
“I don’t care about 401K today,” Piro told viewers Thursday. “Why do you know that? I can’t afford it and it’s not that it’s not that it’s not when I need to worry about my 401K, and not that I’m not in the age of my life because I’m there. But this is what I believe. I believe in this guy.”
Host Sean Hannity also defended the strategy. “We are not a charity in other parts of the world. They’ve used us,” he said. “Now we’re playing to finally win.”
Brett Bayer, the network’s leading political anchor, provided a more nuanced summary in her newscast Monday evening. Regarding “Today’s roller coaster on Wall Street,” Baier told viewers: “Even Congressional Republicans have raised concerns about the president’s tariffs.
A Fox News spokesperson said the example was “cherry was chosen over five days.”
“Fox News covers issues that have a different perspective than other networks, so our ratings are historically at a higher level, which is why more independents and Democrats see us more than our competitors,” the spokesman said.
Fox News host Brett Bayer, left, interview Scott Bescent, US Treasury Secretary, outside the White House © Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
On Monday morning, host Maria Bartilomo said he hopes the tariffs will “scatter on Main Street.” Fox News Anchor Steve Doocy asked Trump last Thursday about the stock market defeat. Fox News on Friday published an opinion piece by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, claiming that tariffs “don’t punish foreign countries. They will punish American families.”
The Fox News audience swelled as viewers gathered on that channel to follow the enthusiastic beginnings of Trump’s second presidency. According to Nielsen data, we watched the stations during the “Prime Time” time of the “Prime Time” time of the first three months of 2025, between 8pm and 11pm “Prime Time” time.
Lachlan Murdoch, CEO of Fox Corp, told investors last month that the US election “has verified Fox News’ position.”
The start of Trump’s second season was a boon from Fox News’ review ©Fox News
“When you look at Fox News Viewer, they’re incredibly loyal. They’re passionate about the service. They see it not only as a news service, but as a network for them,” he said at a Morgan Stanley conference. “We consider ourselves a common sense network…. Elections and election results are like Fox News’ positions.”
The Murdoch Family owns Fox and News Inc., home to the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
On Monday, Trump posted a series of screenshots and links to the Fox News and Newsmax segments celebrating his tariffs.
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Fox News warned viewers of a positive swing as the stock market kept its losses on Monday afternoon. “It’s a very dangerous strategy, but I think it will work,” former Trump adviser Steve Moore told the network that afternoon.
The channel then aired an interview with Illinois cattle ranchers who had hopes about tariffs.
Steve Lucy, known as the fifth generation cow rancher, compared the stock market to horses. “He’s running away, he’s rolling through the dirt and trying to get away from me, but as soon as you bring out an oat bucket, he’s running right away.
“To get some benefit, you have to deal with a little pain,” he said.
