Q Mr. President, did you or your administration pressure Fox News to get rid of Shepard Smith?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I don’t know. Is he leaving?
Q He’s leaving.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, that’s a shame.
Q Then why did Bill Barr meet with Rupert Murdock the other night?
THE PRESIDENT: That I don’t know. Wait — did I hear Shepard Smith is leaving?
Q Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Is he leaving because of bad ratings?
Q You’d have to ask him.
THE PRESIDENT: Tell me. I don’t know. He has terrible ratings. Is he leaving because of his ratings?
Q You have to ask him.
THE PRESIDENT: I mean, if he’s leaving, I assume he is leaving because he had bad ratings.
Q But you didn’t put any pressure on anybody?
THE PRESIDENT: He had the worst ratings on Fox, so there’s a reason — why is Shepard Smith leaving?
Q You’d have to ask him, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I wish him well.
Q The Attornery General — the Attorney General meeting with Rupert —
THE PRESIDENT: I wish — I wish Shepard Smith well.