President Donald Trump unleashed a fiery attack on Fox & Friends Weekend on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, after the show featured financial commentator Peter Schiff, who delivered a stark critique of the administration’s handling of the economy. The confrontation marked a rare public rebuke of the typically friendly morning program that has long provided favorable coverage of Trump.
“Why would Fox and Friends Weekend (of all things?) put on a ‘Stockbroker’ named Peter Schiff, a Trump-hating loser who has already proven to be wrong,” Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the Saturday broadcast. The president questioned whether the show had made a mistake or was “heading in a different direction,” suggesting the booking represented a departure from the program’s usual supportive stance toward his administration.
The controversy erupted after Schiff appeared on the program to discuss what he characterized as an ongoing affordability crisis facing Americans. During his interview with host Griff Jenkins, the Bitcoin critic and financial commentator warned that inflation would accelerate during Trump’s term, painting a grim picture of the economic road ahead. Schiff concluded his appearance by telling viewers the situation won’t get better for a long time, directly contradicting the president’s more optimistic messaging.
Trump disputed Schiff’s assessment, insisting that prices are coming down substantially. Gasoline hit $1.99 per gallon in certain states, representing a significant improvement since the Biden administration. Trump has consistently dismissed the concept of an affordability crisis as a Democratic con job, making Schiff’s platform on Fox & Friends particularly galling to the president.
In a pointed conclusion to his Truth Social posts, Trump instructed viewers to investigate the booker responsible for putting Schiff on the program. The president escalated his rhetoric further, calling Schiff a jerk in addition to his earlier characterization of the commentator as a loser. The attacks highlighted Trump’s expectation that Fox & Friends would maintain its traditionally supportive coverage rather than provide airtime to critics of his economic policies.
Fox & Friends Weekend has historically served as a reliable platform for Trump, consistently providing favorable coverage that helped boost his public profile and frame him as a populist candidate before and during his 2016 campaign. The show has amplified narratives supporting his policy agenda and defended him amid various controversies over the years. This long-standing relationship makes Trump’s public criticism particularly notable, as it signals potential fractures in what has been one of his most dependable media alliances.
Schiff quickly fired back at the president’s attacks, responding on X with a direct challenge. The financial commentator proposed a debate on the U.S. economy and the efficacy of Trump’s policies, writing: “Since Pres. Trump called me a jerk and a loser for claiming that prices are still rising when he insists they’re coming way down, I challenge him, or his designee, to a debate.” In a separate post, Schiff suggested Trump should rename his social media platform Lie Social, escalating the war of words between the two.
The confrontation over economic messaging came amid a broader pattern of Trump lashing out at media figures on Saturday morning. In the same flurry of Truth Social posts, the president also attacked CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins, calling her stupid and nasty. Trump’s criticism of Collins centered on her questioning the cost of a White House ballroom. This was Trump’s claim, but Collins corrected the record, saying, “Technically, my question was about Venezuela.”
The dispute highlights ongoing tensions over how Americans perceive the current economic climate. While Trump insists prices are coming down and credits his administration with fixing problems inherited from his predecessor, critics like Schiff point to persistent affordability challenges facing ordinary citizens. These competing narratives about the economy’s health have become central to political debates, with both sides presenting starkly different interpretations of the same data.
The incident also underscores the evolving relationship between Trump and Fox News more broadly. While Fox & Friends Weekend remains largely supportive, occasional instances of pushback or critical coverage have revealed internal tensions within the network’s approach to covering the president. Trump’s public demand to investigate who booked Schiff suggests he expects the network to police its guest selections more carefully to avoid platforming voices critical of his administration’s policies and performance.
