Trump accuses Fox News of losing viewers because it is ‘against’ him

• Trump blames Fox News' 27 percent October audience decline on its coverage of Democrats and what he calls its opposition to him.
• He claims his popularity among Republicans remains at record levels.
• Trump cites a CNN poll showing 53 percent of Republicans admire him most among Republican presidents, compared with Reagan at 18 percent and Lincoln at 8 percent.

US President Donald Trump accused Fox News Tuesday of losing viewers because the network is devoting too much airtime to Democrats and is allegedly turning against him, while claiming his own popularity among Republicans remains at record levels.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Fox News ratings were down 27 percent, blaming the decline on its coverage of what he called the “Trump Deranged Dumocrats.”

“It's them, not me.  My numbers are better than they have ever been,” Trump wrote, arguing that viewers who had stopped watching the network understood that its coverage was responsible for the ratings decline.

Trump also cited a CNN poll to support his argument, claiming that 99 percent of Republicans support him. He pointed to figures showing that 53 percent of Republicans named him the president they admire most, compared with 18 percent for former President Ronald Reagan and 8 percent for Abraham Lincoln.

The figures come from a CNN/SSRS survey conducted between May 7 and May 31, 2026, and highlighted by CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten in August. However, the 53 percent figure measures which Republican president respondents admire most, not Trump's approval rating. The survey does not establish the 99 percent approval figure cited by Trump. 

The president also questioned why Fox Corporation was making political contributions to Democratic lawmakers and organizations, naming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Representatives Jamie Raskin, Ted Lieu and Pete Aguilar, as well as several Democratic campaign committees and caucus-affiliated political action committees.

He accused the company of supporting what he described as the “Worst of the Worst” and linked those contributions to what he characterized as the network's declining audience.

However, Fox Corporation's own 2025 Political Activities Report provides important context: its federal political action committee, FOXPAC, is funded by voluntary contributions from eligible employees, officers and board members, rather than corporate treasury funds. The committee says it follows a bipartisan contribution strategy. Its 2025 report lists contributions to both Republican and Democratic recipients, including CHC BOLD PAC. 

The criticism comes as Fox News faces a significant year-over-year audience decline ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The network lost 27 percent of its total-day viewers in October compared with the same month in 2025, averaging approximately 1.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen figures reported by TheWrap and the Financial Times. Its prime-time audience also fell 28 percent. 

Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch addressed the decline during a Nov. 2 earnings call, attributing it partly to “viewer fatigue” after several years of major news events that had boosted viewership. He said audiences were watching less television rather than necessarily moving to competing networks. Fox nevertheless remained the most-watched cable news network, ahead of CNN and MS NOW. 

Trump concluded his post by warning that Fox's ratings would fall further, comparing the situation to an earlier period of tensions between him and the network. He accused Fox of repeating what he described as a previous mistake by turning against him, insisting that the network's problems stemmed from its coverage rather than his own political standing.