The Fox News president

Since his election as president, Donald Trump has tweeted to or about Fox News nearly 130 times. The most recent example was early Oct 16, when Trump shared a comment from economist Art Laffer that had just been made on a Fox network. How do we know that was the origin of the quote? President Trump made sure to tag Fox News in the tweets. He might also have tagged Fox Business, the network he was watching.

Which is unusual: He’s usually watching “Fox and Friends” on weekday mornings, a show he’s mentioned or retweeted 79 times as president — once every three days or so. What’s critical to remember, though, is that President Trump’s interest in Fox News predates his presidency substantially. Since 2010, he’s tweeted about Fox News more than 1,200 times, most heavily in 2015 as he enjoyed the network’s coverage as he tried to woo Republican voters — and most often between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., when “Fox and Friends” is on.