Trump Doubles Down, Insists ‘Canada Only Works As A State’
However, the president promised that “O, Canada” would be kept — but just as a state anthem.
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By Raul Hernandez
A Media Matters report highlights how MAGA media, particularly Fox News, is scrambling to defend Trump’s tariffs—even as they send the stock market into a tailspin.
This is a serious problem. Trump’s fundamental ignorance of how tariffs work is set to trigger job losses and rising prices, hurting the very people who support him.Fox, meanwhile, is desperately trying to convince its viewers that Trump’s Tariff Pig will fly—because an economic downturn spells disaster for the network. A collapsing economy means fewer viewers, lower ratings, and declining profits.
And here’s the real kicker: as jobs disappear and wallets tighten, even Fox’s loyal audience will start connecting the dots. They’ll realize they were misled—Fox lied, Trump wrecked the economy, and democracy is in peril.
This reckoning will be brutal for Fox, especially given its recent legal troubles. After settling a $787 million defamation lawsuit with Dominion for spreading lies about the 2020 election, the network now faces another massive case from Smartmatic. Add an economic crisis to the mix, and Fox has plenty to worry about.For the MAGA faithful, the awakening will be harsh. They will come to terms with the fact that both Trump and Fox betrayed them, and anger will follow.
Fox is trying to rehabilitate Trump, packaging him in half-truths and feeding him softball questions. But Trump, incapable of discipline, keeps sabotaging himself in these very interviews—stepping in his own mess every time.