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On Wednesday, hosts of Fox News’ popular morning show appeared to momentarily diverge from Donald Trump regarding his ceasefire agreement with Iran.
During the broadcast, Fox & Friends anchor Lawrence Jones critiqued the two-week truce as ineffective, as it did not fulfill any of the pre-established demands set by the United States.
Co-anchor Griff Jenkins remarked that the terms proposed by Tehran amounted to “a laundry list of nonstarters.”
Jenkins noted, “However, the president views this as a potential off-ramp for the new regime to consider, especially as they are aware we can exert overwhelming force at any moment.”
He continued by acknowledging the uncertainty of the ceasefire’s outcome, but concluded by saying, “Ultimately, this remains a positive step forward.”
Fellow host Ainsley Earhardt agreed with both points, telling viewers: ‘We will see what happens in two weeks, because obviously the US cannot agree to all those 10 points.’
Jones said that he felt ‘the president deserves some room to negotiate’. Each ultimately framed the agreement as a step in the right direction.
The deal was announced on Tuesday evening, after days of threats from Trump toward the Iranian regime, mostly on Truth Social. Trump took time out of the campaign to call out Fox’s Jessica Tarlov – a Democrat – on Monday, asking she be fired for her takes.
Fox & Friends hosts Lawrence Jones, Ainsley Earhardt, and Griff Jenkins all pointed out flaws in the president’s temporary ceasefire agreement with Iran on Wednesday
Trump, 79, reached the tentative two week truce after weeks of threats toward the Iranian regime
‘For Fox executives only, take Jessica Tarlov off the air. She is, from her voice, to her lies, and everything else about her, one of the worst “personalities” on television, a real loser! People cannot stand watching her,’ he wrote.
Trump also took aim at Fox News Sunday’s Shannon Bream for incorrectly referring to the Republican-backed ‘Save America Act’ as the ‘Save Act’ on-air.
‘Tell Shannon Bream of FoxNews [sic] that it’s not the Save Act, it’s the Save America Act, a big difference!’ Trump wrote, before accusing her of failing to push back on guests who spew what he framed as ‘Democrat propaganda and lies’.
‘She never does! I always close deals, unlike the Dems, and did great with China in every way, also, unlike the Dems!’
The ceasefire with Iran was announced shortly thereafter, on Tuesday evening.
The US’s objectives beforehand included the dismantling of Iranian nuclear facilities and an end to uranium enrichment operations – neither of which has happened.
The transferring of uranium stockpiles out of Iran also ‘hasn’t happened,’ Jones noted during Fox & Friends’ broadcast. Many of the demands were displayed on-screen.
Iran, as Earhardt mentioned, issued 10 demands as part of the president’s proposed peace terms, several of which conflict with the US’s. Those also appeared on-screen.
The morning show displayed unmet US demands on-screen during the broacast, as well as conflicting terms from Tehran the hosts all said could not be met
Trump called on Fox to fire liberal Five commentator Jessica Tarlov on Monday, during his stready stream of Iran posts
Trump, meanwhile, credited Pakistan for mediating the settlement, which stipulates that strikes will resume if ships do not receive safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz within that span.
‘This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military [sic] objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement [sic] concerning Longterm [sic] PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East,’ he wrote around 6:30pm ET.
Roughly 11 hours before, he escalated a steady stream of threats toward the regime by writing ‘a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will’ in a post to Truth Social.
He added ‘we will find out tonight,’ ahead of a since-passed 8pm deadline to reopen the strait.
Trump called the standoff ‘one of the most important moments in the long complex history of the World [sic]’, paving the way for criticism from both sides of the aisle.
A White House spokesperson defended the president’s rhetoric in a statement to the Daily Mail on Tuesday.
‘As President Trump said today, Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and the Iranian people welcome the sound of bombs because it means their oppressors are losing,’ White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said.
The Daily Mail approached Fox News for comment.