Posted on 02/21/2020 9:44:50 AM PST by nikos1121
President Donald Trump is stewing over a segment on Thursday’s edition of Your World with Neil Cavuto — in which a guest analyst offered a harsh critique of his 2016 debate performances.
In a Thursday afternoon tweet, Trump blasted A.B. Stoddard of RealClearPolitics for calling his debates “disastrous.” So furious was the president that he went so far as to seemingly blame “Fox board member Paul Ryan” — who joined the board of the Fox Corporation in March 2019 — for Stoddard’s analysis.
“Could somebody at @foxnews please explain to Trump hater A.B. Stoddard (zero talent!) and @TeamCavuto, that I won every one of my debates, from beginning to end,” Trump wrote. “Check the polls taken immediately after the debates. The debates got me elected. Must be Fox Board Member Paul Ryan!”
Could somebody at @foxnews please explain to Trump hater A.B. Stoddard (zero talent!) and @TeamCavuto, that I won every one of my debates, from beginning to end. Check the polls taken immediately after the debates. The debates got me elected. Must be Fox Board Member Paul Ryan!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2020
Stoddard, as part of a panel discussion analyzing Wednesday night’s Democratic Presidential debate, ripped Trump’s performances from four years ago in the context of Mike Bloomberg’s struggles.
“I think that Donald Trump had disastrous debate performances,” Stoddard said. “Many answers were so cringeworthy. You just couldn’t even believe that he was standing on the stage. And he’s president.”
Watch above, via Fox News.
UPDATE 6:20 p.m. ET: Cavuto fired back at the president to close his show on Thursday — with a stinging fact-check which noted that Trump was, in the near-unanimous opinion of experts and polls, deemed to have lost his debates in 2016.
“He did not [win the debates],” Cavuto said.
Watch below.
I can say, that I personally detest Cavuto. Most of his guests starting with this guy Gasparino and the Midget Judge Napolitano, and now this A. B. Stoddard, bash our president and us almost daily.
I don't listen to him. He's a light weight, and they should pull his slot and put Geraldo Rivera in his place.
Fox Business makes Cavuto pointless.
I think Trump can handle Fox.......he uses all of it to his good.
I don’t watch Fox during the day and Never Cavuto.
Can’t stand A.B. Stoddard. She has zero personality. Never smiles.
I can actually stomach Geraldo more than Cavuto. I never turn him on anymore. Ugh
“...Most of his guests starting with this guy Gasparino and the Midget Judge Napolitano, and now this A. B. Stoddard, bash our president and us almost daily....”
Cavuto has been a Never Trumper since day one. Carrying the Fox family management banner as always....
And Trish Regan was really pissed at Trump for this. She did a “tsk tsk” before saying how wonderful and FAIR Cavuto is. I would’ve sent her an email, except that most of the hosts don’t have email any more.
Cavuto’s loathing for PDJT was evident three years ago, and that was when I stopped watching him.
I would give one of my paychecks for one punch at Cavuto. He is nothing but a smarmy, worthless, POS.
She comes across as a know it all so she fits in nicely with the Cavuto theme of his show. Gag!!
“I don’t listen to him. He’s a light weight, and they should pull his slot and put Geraldo Rivera in his place.”
Don’t get carried away! Geraldo I miserable. Cavuto is very bad, but not nearly as bad as Geraldo.
I watch FBN almost exclusively. Tucker Carlson is the one show I make a point to watch on FNC. I notice that Cavuto is not actively anti Trump, but he encourages anti Trump guests to bash the president.
FNC is trying to lean left, that’s not going to work out well for them.
Donald J. Trump - @realDonaldTrumpSo @TeamCavuto has very bad ratings on @foxnews with his Fake guests like A.B.Stoddard and others that still haven't figured it all out. Will he get the same treatment as his friend Shepherd Smith, who also suffered from the ratings drought?
“She comes across as a know it all so she fits in nicely with the Cavuto theme of his show. Gag!!”
A very slightly toned down version of Peggy Noonan.
She exudes smarm on the Judith Miller level. Absolutely cannot stand either one of them and can't watch.
I can say, that I personally detest Cavuto. Most of his guests starting with this guy Gasparino and the Midget Judge Napolitano, and now this A. B. Stoddard, bash our president and us almost daily.
I don’t listen to him. He’s a light weight, and they should pull his slot and put Geraldo Rivera in his place.
I agree totally.......BUT......NO REVOLTO! I can’t stand him either.....we so need a REAL Conservative TV outlet. Fox is teetering on unwatchable!
Lost the debates, won POTUS. Go figure... must have involved the Russians.
Also others such as Marianne Marsh (sp?), and those whiny liberal women I see on Outnumbered.
Don’t watch FOX.
Trump supporters should not watch FOX at all.
Cavuto is a smarmy little twerp and a flaming Trump hater.
He’s a detriment to Fox Business.
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