Fox News opinion hosts expressed skepticism about reports that President Trump wanted to fire special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in 2017 — despite their own journalist confirming the story. According to Trump's favorite morning show, the media routinely times major stories to inflict maximum damage on the president. This conspiracy theory holds that the Mueller scoop was meant to detract from Trump's participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos. “It's just so anti-American,” said “Fox & Friends” host Ainsley Earhardt. “Fox & Friends” is trying to convince viewers, before Trump delivers his second address to Congress, that such reporting is just part of an anti-American media plot to take down the president.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2018 16:51 UTC