https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1WCsxhayeU
Donald Trump sat down with his favorite alternative facts program – FOX & Friends – on Monday afternoon for an interview that aired this morning on the network (full interview above, in two parts at beginning and end of clip). Trump will be addressing a joint session of Congress tonight.
The hosts asked Trump to grade his job so far.
“I think I've done great things, but I don't think I have — I and my people — I don't think we've explained it well enough to the American public. I think I get an A in terms of what I've actually done, but in terms of messaging, I'd give myself a C or a C-plus…”
Watch:
How would @POTUS grade himself?
Effort: A+
Messaging: C or C+
Achievement: A pic.twitter.com/2Pm0SxY71h— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) February 28, 2017
When asked about his refusal to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner and if he has ever deserved criticism or a “hit.”
Asked Brian Kilmeade: “You have said, ‘I can take hits when it's justified.' Can you give me an example of a time when somebody was critical of you and you've thought, ‘I deserved that hit. I deserved that column. I deserved that'?”
“No, probably not. I could never do that…”
Also up for discussion: accusations he's a racist, Sean Spicer's phone checks of staffers, his build-up of the military, the death of Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens in Yemen, the media, his use of Twitter, and more.
A few clips below. Watch the full interview up top.
Trump accused President Obama of being behind the protests against him and his policies.
“I think President Obama's behind it, because his people are certainly behind it.” –@POTUS on some of the protests around the country pic.twitter.com/YC3SEAYFts
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) February 28, 2017
He thinks Nancy Pelosi is “incompetent.”
"I think she's incompetent, actually, you know, if you look at what's going on with the Democrats and the party." –@POTUS on Nancy Pelosi pic.twitter.com/AtLD3Enayk
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) February 28, 2017
His Twitter use:
.@POTUS: If I felt the media were honest, all or most of it, I wouldn't use Twitter. But it's a modern-day form of communication. pic.twitter.com/fYgaKPtioF
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) February 28, 2017
"I do have to go around some media, and [Twitter] does allow me to do that." –@POTUS pic.twitter.com/sfq5nHadxJ
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) February 28, 2017