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There were often discrepancies between Mr. Trump, who sounded broken when he turned off his teleprompter on the campaign trail, and the man who showed up at a town hall broadcast by Fox News. Some of that was due to Fox pre-recording and editing Trump’s appearance, but that reportedly wasn’t enough. Before City Hall in January 2024, someone leaked the questions to the Trump campaign.
“About 30 minutes before the town hall started, senior aides started receiving text messages from Fox insiders. Oh my god, the team thought, these are all the things President Trump would be asked.” “It was a picture depicting the questions and planned follow-up, down to the exact wording. It was like a student peeking into a test before it started,” Eisenstadt wrote. Masu.
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But ahead of the TV broadcast, the team “prepared questions” and “worked out answers.”
The book also claims that FOX’s Maria Bartiromo asked Trump questions in advance of the interview.
President Trump made a big deal of the 2016 Democratic primary by claiming that Hillary Clinton’s campaign had received debate questions in advance, but in 2024 it was President Trump who was cheating. It turned out that
The Trump team doesn’t want to hear these things and claims Trump won because he was so accessible, but it helps for candidates to ask questions in advance.
The impact of Trump’s fraud allegations and what it means for both Trump and Fox News is discussed below.
