President Donald Trump took aim at Fox News’ token liberal in a scathing social media post.
Shortly after Thursday’s episode of The Five concluded, the 79-year-old published an insulting rant aimed at the show’s only liberal panelist, Jessica Tarlov.
As the panelists discussed the president’s relative unpopularity, Tarlov noted that he currently has a 35 percent approval rating in most polls.
Incensed by this dose of reality, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, “I am watching one of the Least Attractive and Talented People on all of Television, Jessica Tarlov. Her voice is so grating and terrible, I had to ‘turn her off!‘”
“Her Democrat soundbites are FAKE,” he continued. “She makes up ‘Poll Numbers,’ and nobody challenges her, because she is so boring.”
CNN reported that Trump’s approval rating was holding steady at 35 percent on Apr. 2, while his approval rating on the economy was sitting even lower at 31 percent, with roughly two-thirds of Americans feeling that his policies have made economic conditions worse.
“GET HER OFF THE AIR, SHE IS BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY!” Trump added, before taking a swipe at other conservative commentators he is currently unhappy with for criticizing his actions in Iran.
“I hear Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens are dying fast. Their numbers are terrible. Nobody believes them anymore. They were FAKE MAGA, and now they’ve been exposed!”
Tarlov responded in a social media post of her own later in the evening, using the opportunity to promote her upcoming book.
“Guess I’ll take this opportunity to mention that my numbers are far from fake - Trump really is that unpopular,” she wrote before adding, “And you can pre order my book I Disagree as of today!!”
The Daily Beast has contacted Fox News for comment.
Right-wing commentator Candace Owens, who was also mentioned in the post, responded on her own X account, screenshotting the president’s rant and adding, “Can somebody please source me the News segment that caused this meltdown. Looks like he may have accidentally heard the truth?”
The president’s post is the latest in a long line of attacks he has unleashed on female reporters and commentators, attacking Tarlov herself earlier this month and calling for Fox executives to take her off the air.
He even criticized Tarlov while being interviewed on her own show while she was absent.
Jesse Watters asked the president, who was dialing in by phone, if his next interview could be in person, “Because we really want you to sit next to Jessica.”
“I watch Jessica, and I’m not a fan,” Trump replied.
The president has repeatedly lost his cool when interacting with other female reporters, telling one who asked him a question about his war on Iran that he had “a lot of problems” with her. He accused another of having a “very bad attitude.”
One of his most infamous meltdowns at a female reporter took place in November aboard Air Force One, when he snapped at a Bloomberg reporter and told her, “Quiet, piggy,” after she attempted to ask him a question about the Epstein files.
In a desperate attempt to spin the bizarre interaction in the president’s favor, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later claimed that the president was simply being frank, a quality that helped him get re-elected.
“The president is very frank and honest with everyone in the room,’ Leavitt said. “He gets frustrated with reporters when you lie about him, when you spread fake news about him and his administration, but he also is the most transparent president in history.”
