Trump to sit down with Fox's Bret Baier for Super Bowl pregame interview amid slew of controversies
Trump to sit down with Fox's Bret Baier for Super Bowl pregame interview amid slew of controversies
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The interview comes as the president’s first two weeks in office have been marked by chaos and controversy. The traditional pregame Super Bowl presidential interview is back on — and it’s almost certainly because it’s Fox’s turn to host the big game. After President Joe Biden skipped out on sitdown the past two years, Donald Trump has agreed to be interviewed by Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier at Mar-a-Lago, the president’s golf club. The pre-taped one-on-one conversation will air on Fox’s pregame show during the 3 p.m. ET hour, with additional portions to run on Baier’s Special Report the following evening.
The four biggest broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox – generally take turns airing the Super Bowl, which commands the largest television ratings of the year at roughly 100 million viewers domestically. Fox airing the game this year is a bit of fortuitous timing for the president, considering the friendly relationship he enjoys with the Rupert Murdoch-owned broadcaster. Fox, meanwhile, says Baier’s interview with Trump will “focus on the changes the Trump administration has enacted since the Inauguration and the first 100 days of his presidency.”.
This also represents the first time since President Barack Obama made the Super Bowl interview an annual tradition that Fox has tapped a news anchor to conduct the presidential interview. Bill O’Reilly took the reigns during the Obama years and Trump’s first Super Bowl chat in 2017, while Trump’s good friend Sean Hannity received the honors in 2020. On the other hand, Trump also decided to upend the pregame custom in 2018 when NBC aired the NFL championship. Biden additionally skipped out on two straight interviews at the end of his term after failing to come to terms with Fox in 2023 and declining to sit down with CBS last year.
