Sometimes Fox News can sound like the rest of the anti-Trump media.
This was one of those occasions.
And Trump is going to be sick when he sees what Fox News outrageous new attack.
Fox News Mocks Trump’s Push for a Deal to End the War With Iran
Fox News anchor John Roberts and senior political analyst John Roberts ridiculed President Trump’s repeated assertion that he believed he could soon strike a deal with Iran, dating back to the beginning of the war.
“Nine weeks ago, we had Iran on the ropes, and ever since then, President Trump has been talking about this elusive deal. Listen to what he’s said over the weeks here,” Roberts stated.
Robert then played a montage of clips where Trump told reporters a deal to end the war and open up the Strait of Hormuz could soon be at hand.
TRUMP on March 31: Two or three weeks, we leave.
TRUMP on April 15: I view it as very close to over… I think they want to make a deal very badly.
TRUMP on April 16: It’s looking very good that we’re gonna make a deal with Iran.
TRUMP on May 7: It could happen any day. I believe they want the deal more than I do.
TRUMP on May 22: Iran is dying to make a deal.
TRUMP on June 9: We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal… It could be in two or three days.
TRUMP on June 10: We’re really close to a deal.
That’s nine weeks of ‘We’re close to a deal,’” Roberts snarked. “At some point, you’ve got to acknowledge it’s not happening.”
Fox News Opposes Trump Seeking a Deal
Hume agreed and told viewers it was a fool’s errand for Trump to continue to pursue a diplomatic end to the war.
“Yeah, and John, you begin to wonder sometimes if the president isn’t speaking to two entirely separate audiences,” Hume stated. “He’s dealing with the Iranians and telling the American public, consumers, and the owners of stocks that we’re close to a deal in the hope perhaps that will calm the petroleum markets. At the same time, of course, he says we’re ready to attack at any time, and they dare not fool with us. So, I think it’s a bit of a mystery here as to exactly where we are.”
Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch is one of the biggest supporters of a war with Iran.
And his network has repeatedly attacked Trump for trying to end the war rather than pursue an Iraq-style invasion and regime change war.
Hosts like Mark Levin slammed Trump as “desperate” for a deal and that any agreement would be a “disastrous” result.
One reason it’s been hard for Trump to strike a deal is that, as the framework of an agreement emerges, neoconservatives like Levin and the media outlets owned by Murdoch, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post, create a political firestorm that renders any deal politically untenable.
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