Fox chief Roger Ailes: Trump's attack on Kelly is 'disturbing', The battle between Donald Trump and Fox News is back with a vengeance.
Fox wants the famously non-apologetic presidential candidate to apologize for his latest round of attacks against Megyn Kelly.
"Donald Trump's surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing," Fox News chairman Roger Ailes said Tuesday afternoon.
He added, "Donald Trump rarely apologizes, although in this case, he should."
Trump almost instantly responded -- not with an apology but with a fresh shot at Kelly. And during a news conference Tuesday evening he dismissed Kelly.I don't care about Megyn Kelly," he said during a news conference. "She should probably apologize to me, but I just don't care."
Trump has been furious with the 9 p.m. host ever since she questioned him at Fox's GOP debate on August 6.
In a new storm of tweets on Monday night, Trump said Kelly -- back from a 10 day vacation -- was "off her game" and suggested she should be replaced. He retweeted people who called her a "bimbo" and "a waste."
Ailes was infuriated. In a statement Tuesday he assailed Trump's "verbal assaults," praised Kelly's journalistic chops and said "all of us at Fox News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise."
"I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer," he said.
Fox wants the famously non-apologetic presidential candidate to apologize for his latest round of attacks against Megyn Kelly.
"Donald Trump's surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing," Fox News chairman Roger Ailes said Tuesday afternoon.
He added, "Donald Trump rarely apologizes, although in this case, he should."
Trump almost instantly responded -- not with an apology but with a fresh shot at Kelly. And during a news conference Tuesday evening he dismissed Kelly.I don't care about Megyn Kelly," he said during a news conference. "She should probably apologize to me, but I just don't care."
Trump has been furious with the 9 p.m. host ever since she questioned him at Fox's GOP debate on August 6.
In a new storm of tweets on Monday night, Trump said Kelly -- back from a 10 day vacation -- was "off her game" and suggested she should be replaced. He retweeted people who called her a "bimbo" and "a waste."
Ailes was infuriated. In a statement Tuesday he assailed Trump's "verbal assaults," praised Kelly's journalistic chops and said "all of us at Fox News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise."
"I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer," he said.
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