Fox News Totally Trolls Trump Over Debate Threat And It Is Awesome
Conservative Cable News Outlet Treats Trump Exactly As He Deserves
The love-hate relationship between Donald Trump and Fox News just took another turn, only this time it’s wonderful.Â
You’ll remember that at the beginning of the first GOP debate last year, Fox News’ Megyn Kelly accused Trump of being a misogynist. Trump since then has repeatedly attacked Kelly, and Fox News, and threatened to not attend other Fox News debates.
Of course, the hate was on hold for New Years Eve, when Trump rang in 2016 on Fox News’ show, live from the most important battleground state of the presidential race: Florida.
Over the past few days, Trump has again been complaining that Megyn Kelly doesn’t treat him fairly, and even went so far as to poll his Twitter followers, asking them if he should participate in the next Fox News GOP debate.
Should I do the #GOPdebate? https://t.co/cjTywwIl85
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2016
He also claimed if he pulls out because of his feelings against Megyn Kelly, Fox will replace her as moderator to get him to participate.
“@Belizediver88: @CNNSitRoom @CNN @megynkelly It will never happen. Fox will drop Kelly if it means no Trump. Nobody will watch w/o Trump.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2016
Fox News clearly has had enough.
A Fox spokesperson has just issued a statement perfectly mocking and trolling Trump.
“We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president — a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings,” the unnamed Fox spokesperson said.
The statement was sent to several news outlets, including CNBC, Politico, and Business Insider.
Will Trump respond?
UPDATE:Â Twitter Hysterically Mocks Trump With #DonaldDuck Hashtag For Boycotting Debate
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Image by DonkeyHotey via Flickr and a CC licenseÂ
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