There is no doubt that Katie Rogers was spot-on about Donald Trump’s hatred for CNN. However, this wasn’t always the case. Before his 2016 campaign, the businessman often appeared on the network’s shows, sharing his political ideologies. In 2010, he spoke to CNN’s Poppy Harlow about how the USA gave China too many manufacturing jobs. He also gave interviews criticizing Barack Obama as a leader and explaining how he’d do better.
But when Donald ran for president in 2016, CNN took a more critical stance on him than Fox. The network covered the highs of his campaign and published ratings favoring the GOP but didn’t hesitate to harshly criticize him for stating he was worth $10 billion. They also published polls that didn’t favor Donald and put him on blast for mistreating employees and tenants during his stint as a landlord.
Soon, the republican candidate began to hit back against CNN. On May 21, 2016, he criticized the network via a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing: “@CNN is so negative, getting even worse as I get closer. Just had two anti-Trump losers with zero rebuttal from my team. Turning off!” In July that year, he called CNN a “sick” network and asked his supporters at a Cincinnati rally not to watch them anymore. Eventually, the relationship between the politician and CNN would deteriorate even further. After losing his re-election campaign in 2021, Donald Trump wanted to sue CNN for allegedly playing a role in his loss.
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