Donald Trump, In Separate Posts, Lashes Out At Fox News Personalities Howard Kurtz And Karl Rove​on May 5, 2025 at 4:55 pm

Donald Trump lashed out at Howard Kurtz and Karl Rove, two Fox News personalities who have hardly been the president’s fiercest critics.

In fact, Trump’s gripe about Kurtz was that his defense was not vigorous enough.

After apparently watching Kurtz’ Sunday show Media Buzz, Trump wrote on Truth Social, “It is time for Howie Kurtz to retire! Every Woke Anchor in the Business, people that no one watched from CNN, MSDNC, and others, are plastered all over his show, with all really negative and fake statements, and then I am weakly ‘defended’ by Howie and his group (although Ben Domenech has been strong!). The case Howie makes for me is so pathetic that it would be a lot better if he didn’t say anything. Anyway, that’s the way it is!”

Earlier in the day, responding to a post that claimed he was a “hater” of Trump, Kurtz wrote on X, “Lotta trolls out today. I’ve known President Trump for 35 years, and if I hated him he wouldn’t keep giving me interviews. Some people not interested in fairness.”

Trump also attacked Fox News contributor Karl Rove. Trump wrote, “I don’t need to have Karl Rove of Fox News to tell me what to do. The guy’s a total Loser who’s been wrong about almost everything!”

Rove has appeared on Trey Gowdy’s Sunday Fox News show and advised the president to focus on the economy, citing his sinking poll numbers on issues like inflation.