
Uh-Oh: Fox News Reporter Called Trump Out 3 Times In Just 1 Day On Live TV
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Peter Doocy had some tough talk for the White House as the markets tanked.
Fox News is usually reliably friendly territory for President Donald Trump, but that changed at least briefly on Tuesday when the right-wing network’s White House correspondent got surprisingly blunt.
Peter Doocy ― who was also a bit of a thorn in President Joe Biden’s side ― said before a White House briefing that Trump and his DOGE team have been trying to get federal workers to retire as part of an effort to shrink the government.
“But it’s tough to make the argument that you should retire if your retirement accounts are getting throttled, which is what is happening right now,” he said.
As he spoke, a graphic on the screen showed the Dow Jones Industrial Average had plunged by 680 points by that point in the day, part of a market collapse that’s seen a drop of roughly 3,000 points over the last month:
During the briefing itself, he put White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the spot.