Fox News: Trump For Treasury!
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 10th, 2011 4:43 am by HL
After relentlessly hyping his potential presidential campaign — as well as his birther claims — Fox figures are now promoting Donald Trump as a replacement for Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, despite the fact that Trump’s companies have reportedly filed for bankruptcy on four occasions.
Fox Figures Campaign To Replace Geithner With Trump
Huckabee: “Ask Donald Trump To Be Treasury Secretary.” On the August 6 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends Saturday, guest co-host Juliet Huddy asked Fox News host Mike Huckabee who he would “be interested in seeing” replace Geithner. Huckabee responded:
HUCKABEE: President Obama would never pick anybody who I would like to see there. I mean, I would like to see a true conservative. Get Steve Forbes, get someone who has a real — ask Donald Trump to be Treasury Secretary. Go for someone who is completely unorthodox —
HUDDY: There’s a headline today —
HUCKABEE: — and unconventional.
HUDDY: — Mike Huckabee asking for Donald Trump to be Treasury Secretary.
HUCKABEE: Have Donald Trump take the job for 90 days. [Fox News, Fox & Friends Saturday,
[Fox Nation, 4/15/11, via Media Matters]
Hannity Jumped Aboard “Trump 2012” — Birtherism And All. During the April 15 edition of his show, Hannity helped to promote Trump’s birther claims, later airing a graphic promoting a “Trump 2012” presidential run. [Fox News, Hannity, 4/15/11, via Media Matters]
Palin On Trump Allegedly Sending Researchers To Hawaii To Investigate Obama’s Birth: “More Power To Him.” On the April 9 edition of Fox News’ Justice with Judge Jeanine, Fox News contributor Sarah Palin said of Trump’s claim that he sent researchers to Hawaii to investigate Obama’s birth certificate: “More power to him.” Palin later stated, “I think that [Obama] was born in Hawaii, because there was the birth announcement put in the newspaper, but obviously, if there’s something there that the president doesn’t want people to see on that birth certificate, that he [seems to] be going to great lengths to make sure that it isn’t shown, and that’s kind of perplexing for a lot of people.” From Justice with Judge Jeanine:
JEANINE PIRRO (host): All right, Governor. Donald Trump, who is considering a run for the presidency, says that he’s got investigators in Hawaii looking for President Obama’s birth certificate. What do you make of that?
PALIN: Well, I appreciate that the Donald wants to spend his resources in getting to the bottom of something that so interests him and many Americans. You know, more power to him. He’s not just throwing stones and – from the sidelines. He’s digging in there; he’s paying for researchers to find out why President Obama would have spent $2 million to not show his birth certificate. So, you know, more power to him. [Fox News, Justice with Judge Jeanine, 4/9/11]
Fox’s Morris Reportedly Said Trump’s Birther Claims Are “Within The Foul Lines.” In an April 2 article about Trump, the New York Post reported that Fox News contributor Dick Morris said that Trump’s recent “birther talk” is “within the foul lines,” while “everyone else who spoke with The Post [sic] thinks it’s a major tactical mistake.” [New York Post, 4/2/11]
