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You Saw This Coming: Fox News Announces ‘Mondays With Trump’ On Fox & Friends

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Need to add some spice to your Monday morning? Fox & Friends has announced just the thing for the media nerd that simply can’t get enough of the most attention-grabbing potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates yet: “Mondays with Trump,” a brand new segment where “The Donald now makes his voice loud and clear on Fox” on the news of the day.

It appears that Fox is better Trump’s “brash, never bashful” personality will be better than coffee for some viewers, and surely Donald Trump has made quite a splash in the current field of presidential candidates. Now he will have the opportunity to do so on a schedule: every Monday morning with Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Brian Kilmeade. While it may be a completely predictable move for Fox News– Donald Trump is nothing if not attention-grabbing– it is surprising to see a potential presidential candidate assume a media role so close to the election.

It is the exact opposite media move as that of fellow Fox News personalities Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who stepped down from their media roles when it became apparent they were after the highest political position in the country. While this does not necessarily make Trump an official Fox News personality in a way that would be a conflict of interest with running for office– the ad merely advertises a regular appearance, not a contract– it does make Trump another statistic in the Fox News contributor/2012 presidential pool, though that may certainly be worth it if it translates to either big TV ratings or big approval ratings in presidential polls.

The brand new ad announcing Trump’s morning arrival via Fox News below:

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  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT!

    ENOUGH of the Media-Created President called Obama!

  • TfT

    Oh boy – another Fox move to drive the lefties over the cliff. Funny stuff.

    THe rest of the media continues to campaign for and keep hehimself up on a pedestal….have you ever seen David Gregory and the NBC crowd suck up so much and try to protect Obama from the truth?

    It is laughtastic, and now with Trump gonna appear on FNF, I’m sure CNN and MSNBC will throw hissy fits (bwahahahaha, as if they don’t already have conniptions whenever they talk about FNC).

    Genius.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    The other shoe drops. You’ve just been punked by the Faux Entertainment Network.
    They just got HOURS of free publicity for a new show.
    I hope NORBIT Jr. and the rest of you true believers have some Handi-Wipes and some Prep-H in stock.
    The regular season has begun. All you spare catchers can go home now.

  • WillP

    Hmmmm. Another potential presidential candidate who is a critic of Obama is employed by Fox News. There isn’t an agenda going over there at Fox News is there. I thought that was the news network which was supposed to be “fair and balanced.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tucker-Peterson/721293033 Tucker Peterson

    If Trump was going to run . He wouldn’t be so front and center now . He knows he won’t so you’ll see him milk this till the end of May . He’ll never run !

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Joseph Glackin said:
    The other shoe drops. You’ve just been punked by the Faux Entertainment Network.They just got HOURS of free publicity for a new show.I hope NORBIT Jr. and the rest of you true believers have some Handi-Wipes and some Prep-H in stock.The regular season has begun. All you spare catchers can go home now.

    Joe,
    Ever the cynic…..YOU’RE FIRED!

  • WCinWI

    Trump won’t run for President. He’s just jazzing the media. :)

    Trump always appears on Morning Joe and Fox and Friends so I don’t see the big deal about it if he had already been a frequent guest.

  • felixw

    Now Mediaite will have something to cover every Monday…..

  • Hunk

    WCinWI said:
    Trump won’t run for President. He’s just jazzing the media. :)

    Trump always appears on Morning Joe and Fox and Friends so I don’t see the big deal about it if he had already been a frequent guest.

    He’s not jazzin ‘em he’s tweakin’ the crap out of ‘em and I love it!

    They should call it “Where’s the Cert Monday!”

  • ProObamaAgenda

    It is the exact opposite media move as that of fellow Fox News personalities Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who stepped down from their media roles when it became apparent they were after the highest political position in the country

    Stepped down???…seriously Frances….is getting fired the same as stepping down now in your wingnut birdbrain???? did you graduate from Sarah Palins School of Honest Journalism???? I guess you didn’t see Santorum on CNN complaining that Fox didn’t fire Palin and Huckabee too huh, hardly a move for somebody that voluntarily leaves their job

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Fox has finally hired an out and out birther. Perfect addition to the family.

  • BFD

    Of course he got a job on Fox, he is Obama’s biggest critic right now.

    So are they going to give Obama’s biggest defender a Monday spot too?

    You know, Fair and Balanced? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

  • Yoda002

    Trump is now a regular on Fox. I wonder how that works? Will FOX have to suspend him once he announces his presidency? Do they put away their cheerleading outfits and pretend their a news organization?

  • Paleoconservatarian

    As I see it, the sum total of Trump’s presidential campaign thus far has been to revitalize the birther issue and to say Ron Paul can’t win.

    And the same group of Mediaite characters who live to blast the tea party suggest this is all somehow part of the plan.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    Yoda002 said:
    Trump is now a regular on Fox. I wonder how that works? Will FOX have to suspend him once he announces his presidency? Do they put away their cheerleading outfits and pretend their a news organization?

    He just did the opposite of what presidential candidates do, so it looks like he just cashed out of the race.

    Oh. And once again, Fox is indeed a news organization, but one with a conservative editorial slant. Shocking, I know, but stranger things have been shown to exist.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    ProObamaAgenda said:
    Stepped down???…seriously Frances….is getting fired the same as stepping down

    Santorum and Gingrich were suspended for 60 days while they decide whether to enter the race.

    My interpretation is that if they tell Ailes they aren’t going to run, then their contract would go back in force. Both, Palin and Huckabee have publicly said they’re not a candidate at this time and they may have even told Ailes that it’s not something they’re planning to do, which I suspect is the same for Trump.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    PS) The Gingrich/Santorum “suspensions” were on either the day or the day prior to the one, Gingrich’s pointman in Iowa had said Newt would be announcing an exploratory exploratory committee. Though there was a bit of confusion in the news after it had entered the ether, the rumors and a lack of complete denial were probably enough for Ailes to say, sh*t or get off of the pot.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    One more… (because I can’t edit)

    In response to the statement from Iowa, Gingrich’s Georgia spokesperson said there would be no announcement forthcoming, but the his contract was suspended with Fox and I believe Newt actually announced the formation of his exploratory exploratory on the predicted day.

  • Hunk

    ProObamaAgenda said:
    It is the exact opposite media move as that of fellow Fox News personalities Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who stepped down from their media roles when it became apparent they were after the highest political position in the country

    Stepped down???…seriously Frances….is getting fired the same as stepping down now in your wingnut birdbrain???? did you graduate from Sarah Palins School of Honest Journalism???? I guess you didn’t see Santorum on CNN complaining that Fox didn’t fire Palin and Huckabee too huh, hardly a move for somebody that voluntarily leaves their job

    Ahh, the ol’ double standard. Btw, they weren’t fired.

  • Nacho

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    He just did the opposite of what presidential candidates do, so it looks like he just cashed out of the race.

    Oh. And once again, Fox is indeed a news organization, but one with a conservative editorial slant. Shocking, I know, but stranger things have been shown to exist.

    And he cashed in on the right wing fringe. This was a money making venture the whole time.

    Hes not playing the left, he’s cashing in on the right.

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT!

    ENOUGH of the Media-Created President called Obama!

    Look at the idiots that buy Trumps BS. This is FoxNews’ audience.

  • http://libertyinprogressnow.wordpress.com/ ProgLib

    F*ck this guy… he can go and join the conspiracy theory bullsh*t with all the birther viewers that love Fox & Frauds. They can’t get enough of anybody who will desperately attack Obama. It’s practically part of the job description.

  • Barack Must Go

    FOX & FRIENDS welcoming every Monday morning the voice of ” real ” America, future president of the United States of America, Donld John Trump.

    The heads in the White House and over at Obamavision ( MSNBC ) will be exploding like rotten melons.

  • http://www.obesitywars.net/ Klaatu

    Barack Must Go said:
    FOX & FRIENDS welcoming every Monday morning the voice of ” real ” America, future president of the United States of America, Donld John Trump. The heads in the White House and over at Obamavision ( MSNBC ) will be exploding like rotten melons.

    Are you kidding? They’re probably doing handsprings and cartwheels down at the White House knowing that the Trumpther Circus will be clowning around once a week, on Faux and Friends, through 2012. Personally, I’m looking forward, with anxious anticipation, to hearing those interviews on Media Matters.

  • same2u

    The next best thing to Orly Taitz on Fox News is Donald Trump on Fox news.

  • timcajun

    Nothing new, all the rich crazies work at Fox!

  • Nationman

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT! ENOUGH of the Media-Created President called Obama!

    better the media created president trump.

  • newzmaker

    Trump has the Far Left all looney, with all the talk of birth certificates. LOL. I can see signs the lefties are afraid to go after Trump, however. Trump knows how to play hardball with the loons.

  • Hugo Daun

    Nacho said:
    He’s not playing the left, he’s cashing in on the right.

    That.s pretty much FNC’s mission statement.

  • James Randal

    Even more proof that the Fake News Channel is merely the communication arm for the right wing. Teabagger/GOP pigs are too stupid to understand this point. When will the “mainstream media” get the memo? All of these so-called “liberal” channels need to become the communication arm for the progressives.

  • News Hounds Ellen

    Love the little plug for Trump’s candidacy disguised as a promo for the show, where he just happens to be shown saying, “”My message is a better message than anybody else’s.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Ray/100000280184693 Jay Ray

    Trump came up from an everyday family — his father worked hard and passed what he did on to his son. Donald Trump took that and made a fortune with it. He deals with everyday people every day. He knows what makes this county tick — and he’ll know how to save us economically. He is a BUSINESSMAN. He is tough and NOT AFRAID to SPEAK HIS MIND. The other countries are now LAUGHING at America. They look at a weakling and IMPOSTER like Obama who ILLEGALLY took the Presidency — and they double over LAUGHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Let’s get a REAL PERSON with REAL QUALIFICATIONS into office in 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUMP!!!!

  • CosmosDan

    Hey, he worked hard to pass the audition.

    They could call it “Monday’s Dump with Trump”

  • Tedderman

    Trump is still negotiating to see if he can do the “President thing,” as a condition he wants his wife(foreign born)”Melodica”(or something like that)to be his V.P. Also he’s insisting on having “You’re fired” be his campaign slogan. He doesn’t really get the whole unemployment thing either. And is it just me, or is the Trumpster starting to look like an old woman who keeps telling her hair dresser to keep doing the same style as it’s sure to come back?

  • Nationman

    so i guess the whole idea of not giving an actual presidential candidate a job went out the window?

  • catfishjuggling

    You really can’t call Fox an actual news operation anymore when they keep hiring the guys who are supposed to be running for President.

    I get that MSNBC ALSO sucks, but come on. Sure, the Fox slant may make some folks here sleep well at night, But a new channel? Pish.

  • labman57

    FOX News hires Trump?
    Of course they did. It is completely consistent with their primary mission — promote conservative causes and draw an audience of simple-minded folks by showcasing the most bombastic, hyperbolic right wing candidate-wannabes that the GOP has to offer, somewhat akin to attracting flies to rotting meat.

  • 78Thomas

    Huckabee, Palin, Rove, etc. and now GOP candidate Trump gets his own pulpit. More irrefutable evidence of that Fox News is “Fair & Balanced”.

  • pinklady

    GO TRUMP GO I AM SURE ANYONE COULD DO A BETTER JOB. BUT,I THINK TRUMP COULD REALLY HELP THE USA. BUT PLZ PLZ DONT START A WAR WITH THE CHINESE ALL OF US WILL LOSE,THEY R THE SUPERPOWER NOW SO BACK OFF THIS. BUT,NOW THAT U WORK FOR FOX I AM NOT SURE HOW PPL WILL TAKE THIS. U REALLY DIDNT NEED TO DO THIS.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Linda-Kellen-Biegel/1072772019 Linda Kellen Biegel

    “Trump came up from an everyday family — his father worked hard and passed what he did on to his son. Donald Trump took that and made a fortune with it.”

    How quickly they forget. Donald Trump grew up in private schools with the best of everything, inheriting a $200 million real estate business from his dad. In 2004, Trump’s casino empire filed for bankruptcy with debt upwards of $1.8 BILLION. He got a VERY sweet bankruptcy deal (one that the rest of us would never see):

    “The filings list debt of about $1.8 billion in debt, which Trump said would be cut by $500 million. The interest rate on the debt would be reduced to 8 percent, from 15 percent, under the bankruptcy reorganization plans, he said. The company would also be able to draw on a $500 million credit line at 4 percent interest, he said.”

    Television and the bankruptcy courts saved his butt. He’s just another Repug who wants to take advantage of the presidency as a money-making scheme (ala Palin).

  • JaneYavis

    Lookie, Lookie, Lookie — Trump is Fox’s little Snookie. — There isn’t a single thing real about Donald Trump including that hair. — How many times had the Trumpet sounded his own horn,,,, and how many ties has he been bankrupt???

    This is the man who will take care of our Debt????? What is he going to do – Pay China pennies on the dollar like he does eith everhyone else.

    What is sad is that so many people actually take him seriously….. BTW,,,, where are his “wives” birth certificates???

  • JaneYavis

    Jay, you can’t honestly believe what you posted… or maybe you do. —

    Your post is exactly what I mean when I say how sad it is thay anyone take this man seriously. Maybe he can sell you a bridge for pennies on the dollar. — Wouldn’t that be a deal.

    Let me ask on more thing about the Donald Trumps of that generation now Tea Party Patriots who all of a sudden love their country and want to defend it. How did they defend it during Viet Nam,,,, when it was the “working Man’s Son’s Turn to serve and there was draft??? — They simply thumbed their nose at the neighbor’s kid who went to fight when they didn’t. Now when it’s safe — off they go to defend their country’s borders. — They make me sick.

    “Bankrupt once and Bankrupt Twice and Bankrupt once again,,,,
    His name is Donald Trump
    Hasn’t paid a full invoice since he can’t remember when
    Because he’s Donald Trump……

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