President erupts at Fox News for hosting ‘Trump hating loser’ Peter Schiff on weekend show

Donald Trump lashed out at ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ for hosting economist Peter Schiff and also attacked CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
Trump blasted Fox News for giving airtime to Peter Schiff, who criticized the economy (Getty Images)
Trump blasted Fox News for giving airtime to Peter Schiff, who criticized the economy (Getty Images)


WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump kicked off Saturday, December 6 morning with a blistering online tirade aimed at Fox News, furious that the network booked economist and stockbroker Peter Schiff on 'Fox & Friends Weekend'. 

Trump said that he was stunned the show would platform “a Trump hating loser who has already proven to be wrong.”

“Why would Fox and Friends Weekend… put on a ‘Stockbroker’ named Peter Schiff, a Trump hating loser…?” Trump wrote, accusing Schiff of falsely warning that prices were rising. 

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk, who served as an adviser to Trump and led the Department of Government Efficiency, announced he would leave the Trump administration to refocus on his businesses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump, joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025, in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump shifts fire to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins over ballroom questions

Trump insisted that “Gasoline hit $1.99 a gallon yesterday… and is down BIG since Biden” and declared that he, not his predecessor, was fixing the “affordability crisis.”

The 'Fox & Friends' segment in question aired at 6.44 am and included Schiff criticizing the Trump economy, prompting Trump’s eruption.

Trump followed up the Fox attack with another post shortly after 8 am, this time targeting CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.



He claimed Collins, “always Stupid and Nasty,” had questioned him about rising costs tied to a new White House ballroom project.

“It is going to be double the size… the quality of finishes… the column span has been substantially increased… It is actually under budget and ahead of schedule, as my jobs always are,” the president insisted, claiming that there were “no taxpayer dollars involved” because the project was funded through private donations.

“FAKE NEWS CNN… Their ratings are so low that they’re not even counted or relevant anymore,” he added.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 09: Kaitlan Collins attends 2024 Time100 Next at Chelsea Piers on October 09, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic)
Kaitlan Collins attends the 2024 Time100 Next at Chelsea Piers on October 09, 2024, in New York City (TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic)

Kaitlan Collins pressed Trump on the Peace Prize, not ballroom

Despite Trump’s furious post, Collins did not ask him about the ballroom. Video from the Kennedy Center red carpet on Friday shows Collins pressing Trump on a completely different topic- his decision to accept a Peace Prize amid escalating tensions with Venezuela.

There was reportedly no ballroom question and no exchange resembling Trump’s account, raising further questions about why the president launched his latest attack on the CNN reporter.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The forum is intended to bring together business leaders, innovators and political leaders with the goal of strengthening economic ties and promoting investment between the United States and Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center on November 19, 2025, in Washington, DC (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

A morning of grievances as Trump fixates on media coverage

Saturday’s posts reflected a familiar early-morning pattern for Trump- reacting in real time to cable news coverage he dislikes and blasting both networks and individual journalists.

Fox News, once Trump’s favored media outlet, has increasingly become a target of his criticism, while CNN remains a frequent punching bag.

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