"This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Well, well, well. President Donald Trump faced some tough questions from a TV cable news personality, who pushed back on many of his claims about how supposedly great things are going these days. And the person who pushed the president Monday night was none other than Fox News' Laura Ingraham. The pushback was gentle, but it was pushback nonetheless."
"As CNN's Brian Stelter noted, "President Trump's Fox News interviewers are sometimes so promotional and deferential that little gets challenged, and almost no news is ever made. However, Laura Ingraham was more strategic than that. On Monday, she sat down with Trump and scrutinized several of his policy proposals, channeling dissension within the pro-Trump ranks - and seemingly catching the president off guard.""
Laura Ingraham interviewed President Donald Trump and pressed him on the economy, the government shutdown, health care, demolition of the East Wing, and China. Ingraham used the phrase "MAGA folk" while questioning some of Trump's ideas and highlighted concerns within Republican voters. The exchange featured gentler pushback than hard-hitting interviews but departed from the usual promotional, deferential Fox News approach. The interview contrasted with an earlier Oval Office visit when the president showed off his 'Coke button' and complained about the Rose Garden. Trump defended MAGA as his idea and insisted MAGA wants the country to thrive.
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