Donald Trump spent Thursday morning watching Fox News and ranting about it on Twitter, which is just another day in the White House while children in detention centers are sexually abused and dying, Puerto Rico still needs hurricane relief after nearly a full year, and the investigation into alleged criminal activity by the president’s campaign team rages on.
The Koch brothers, longtime Republican donors, have controlled the GOP through millions of dollars in campaign donations over the years. They do not, however, support President Trump, and that could deliver a massive blow to Republican candidates during the 2018 midterms.
According to POLITICO:
‘The Koch’s political network also announced it would not support, for now, some GOP Senate candidates, including Trump ally Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who is running to unseat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.). Koch also suggested he would be willing to work with Democrats on certain issues, including criminal justice reform, if they were to take over control of the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections.’
Of course, the most important issue for the president to focus on today is the ratings for his state run television network, Fox News. Trump believes that he is solely responsible for boosting Fox’s ratings and driving down networks like CNN and MSNBC. Of course, the numbers tell a different story.
While Fox & Friends, some of Trump’s favorite worshippers, do still have the highest ratings in morning cable news, MSNBC is number two and CNN is number three, and neither are failing. Fox News also has all of the conservative, Trump rabid fanbase, while MSNBC and CNN split the morning ratings of everyone with any sense. The two networks combined beat Fox News by quite a margin.
There is still some hope for the country.
Twitter had their own reaction to Trump’s tweets. See some of their comments below:
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