The media landscape has dramatically shifted under President Trump’s leadership.
But not everyone at Fox News is on board with the America First agenda.
And one Fox News host made a jaw-dropping decision to go to war with Donald Trump.
Fox personality shows her true colors
President Trump isn’t one to mince words when it comes to media bias, even when it comes from supposedly friendly territory at Fox News.
Last week, the President took direct aim at Jacqui Heinrich, one of Fox News Channel’s White House correspondents, after she demonstrated her true allegiances during a Sunday broadcast.
“I watched Jacqui Heinrich from Fox over the weekend, and I thought she was absolutely terrible. She should be working for CNN, not Fox,” Trump posted on Truth Social, making it clear he’d seen through her facade.
What prompted this strong rebuke from the President? Heinrich had filled in as host of Fox News Sunday and used her platform to launch a thinly veiled attack on Trump’s economic agenda.
During an interview with Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, Heinrich aggressively questioned the President’s decision to showcase Tesla vehicles on the White House lawn, framing it as insensitive to Americans experiencing market volatility.
“It was happening as, you know, Americans’ 401(k) accounts were facing some struggles because of this tariff war happening right now. Was that an appropriate thing for the president to do there?” Heinrich asked, revealing her bias.
The timing of Heinrich’s criticism was particularly telling, coming as left-wing extremists have been targeting Tesla dealerships with violent attacks across the country simply because Tesla CEO Elon Musk is working with the Trump administration.
Instead of condemning this political violence and intimidation, Heinrich chose to criticize the President for standing up for an American company under siege.
Heinrich exposed as White House Correspondents’ Association defender
Trump also pointed out in his Truth Social post that he had discovered Heinrich was “a fan of the White House Correspondents Association!” – an observation that proved far more significant than it might initially appear.
In fact, Heinrich isn’t just a “fan” of the organization – she’s actually a board member of the White House Correspondents’ Association, a group that has been fighting against President Trump’s efforts to democratize White House press coverage.
When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the administration would select the press pool to ensure more diverse media representation beyond the establishment clique, Heinrich rushed to defend the old system.
“This move does not give the power back to the people – it gives power to the White House,” Heinrich wrote on social media, directly contradicting the administration’s efforts to break the monopoly legacy media has held over presidential coverage.
Heinrich’s defense of the old guard media establishment shows where her true loyalties lie – not with providing fair coverage, but with protecting the insiders club that has long dominated Washington reporting.
History of undermining conservative voices
This isn’t the first time Heinrich has raised eyebrows with her anti-Trump tendencies. During the 2020 election, she made headlines for publicly fact-checking President Trump’s concerns about election integrity – a move that reportedly outraged her Fox News colleagues.
According to court documents revealed during Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox News, Heinrich’s fact-check of Trump was so biased that it prompted strong reactions from within the network itself.
In addition to questioning Trump’s Tesla appearance, Heinrich also suggested during the same broadcast that the President was being “played” by Russian President Vladimir Putin in ceasefire negotiations, echoing Democrat talking points.
These recurring instances reveal a pattern of behavior more at home on CNN or MSNBC than on Fox News, which explains why President Trump suggested she might be better suited to work at CNN.
While Heinrich received a defense from Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume, many viewers agreed with Trump’s assessment that her questioning went far beyond objective journalism and into the realm of partisan activism.
With enemies like Heinrich embedded even at Fox News, President Trump faces a hostile media landscape few presidents have had to navigate. Yet despite this, he continues to communicate directly with the American people while working to reshape a media ecosystem that has long been dominated by liberal voices.
