Trump Criticizes Fox Hosts Bream and Tarlov

President Donald Trump criticized two Fox News personalities on Monday via a post on Truth Social, accusing host Shannon Bream of failing to challenge Democratic guests adequately and calling for the removal of Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov from the network.

In the post, Trump targeted Bream's interview on Fox News Sunday with Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., who discussed the administration's Operation Epic Fury. Auchincloss described the operation as a strategic failure that had strengthened Iran's position by allowing it to control the Strait of Hormuz, and he drew parallels to Trump's past trade negotiations with China, suggesting the president had not prevailed. Trump contended that Bream should have directly rebutted these statements, which he characterized as Democratic propaganda. He also corrected Bream for referring to the Republican-supported Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, simply as the Save Act, emphasizing the distinction in naming.

Trump's remarks extended to Tarlov, a regular left-leaning panelist on the network's program The Five. He described her as "one of the worst personalities on television, a real loser" and urged Fox...