After President Trump’s August 15, 2025, Alaska summit with Putin aimed at brokering a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, Fox News faced conservative backlash for perceived anti-Trump bias. Jacqui Heinrich claimed the meeting “felt not good,” with Putin “steamrolling” Trump. Likewise, Howard Kurtz echoed that “not much was accomplished,” no ceasefire, details, or press questions, despite upbeat claims.
Bret Baier criticized the lack of a real news conference. Trump fired back, calling media distortions “incredible” and praising the “great meeting” on “Biden’s stupid War.” Viewers accused Fox of RINO sympathies and amplifying leftist talking points via “plausible deniability,” noting Heinrich’s engagement with Ukraine hawk Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
Reacting to the scandal, one user stated, “Fox News star Howard Kurtz joined his colleague Jacqui Heinrich in attacking President Trump. Heinrich says Putin “steamrolled” our president. Kurtz said it was “clear not much was accomplished. And yet Fox News continues to get exclusive access to the Trump White House.”
“Honestly no main stream media is to be trusted Fox likes to act conservative they’re really in bed with RINOs & although they don’t have a leftist stance by playing over & over leftist talking points they’re spreading that way. It’s Plausible deniability; well we didn’t say it…” an insightful response read.
As we reported in the American Tribune, after Trump’s August 15, 2025, Alaska summit with Putin, Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich claimed it “did not feel good,” with Putin “steamrolling” Trump. Conservatives slammed her bias, noting her engagement to Ukraine hawk Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. Trump previously called her “terrible” and CNN material. Viewers accused the media of pushing an anti-Trump narrative.
Starting off her comments, she said, “It was just very unusual, atypical, and I think we’re all awaiting the readout because the way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well, and it seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his.”
Fighting back, the president noted, “I watched Jacqui Heinrich from Fox over the weekend, and I thought she was absolutely terrible. She should be working for CNN, not Fox. Not surprisingly, I later found out that she’s a fan of the White House Correspondents Association!”
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Similalry, Fox’s Howard Kurtz claimed Trump’s August 15, 2025, Alaska summit with Putin yielded little, no ceasefire, no details, no press questions. “After the meeting, despite upbeat talk it was clear not much was accomplished. No ceasefire, no details, no questions from the press. Just vague assurances that some progress was made without explaining what that was,” Kurtz claimed.
Bret Baier also criticised the president, saying, “This joint news conference was anything but. It was not a news conference, there were no questions taken by either leader. There were many yelled by reporters there. But we don’t have a sense of what exactly is in the agreement or deal.”
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Firing back, President Donald Trump stated, “It’s incredible how the Fake News violently distorts the TRUTH when it comes to me. There is NOTHING I can say or do that would lead them to write or report honestly about me. I had a great meeting in Alaska on Biden’s stupid War, a war that should have never happened!!!”
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