Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich found herself at the center of a blistering attack from President Donald Trump on May 10, 2026, as the 79-year-old commander-in-chief spent Mother’s Day launching more than a dozen Truth Social posts targeting his perceived enemies — including the network that has long been his most reliable media ally.
The barrage also took aim at the Supreme Court, a California congressman, former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and Iran. But it was Heinrich, co-anchor of “The Sunday Briefing,” who became one of the most striking targets of the holiday rant.
A Holiday Meltdown Aimed at Fox
The president, apparently glued to his television, fixated on the morning of May 10 interview between Rep. Ro Khanna and Heinrich on “The Sunday Briefing.” What followed was a remarkable public flogging of the network long considered Trump’s most reliable media ally — and a personal attack on one of its anchors by name.
Trump’s first salvo branded Khanna a “sleazebag” and accused Heinrich of failing to push back on the congressman’s claims about American manufacturing. Two hours later, the president doubled down with an even harsher missive, suggesting Fox News should not be booking Democrats unless its anchors are willing to dismantle their arguments on air.
“You could listen to FoxNews all day long, absolutely devour it, but then, when you hear SLEAZEBAGS, like Congressman Ro Khanna, ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing,’ LIE, LIE, LIE, AND LIE AGAIN, without any pushback, or competent rebuttal from an anchor, in this case, Jacqui Heinrich, the entire Common Sense dialogue that has been going on all day at Fox is completely obliterated!” Trump fumed on Truth Social.
The president then escalated, lumping in Bill Maher and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as figures Fox should never platform, before making the eyebrow-raising claim that “MAGA Republicans, who are actually close to 100% of the Party, hate Fox.” It was a stunning declaration from a politician whose political rise was, for years, inseparable from the network’s airwaves.
Khanna, for his part, seemed delighted to have rattled the president. In a statement, the congressman noted he had spent the previous week leading a Heartland Tour through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan, and pressed Trump to focus on an upcoming summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping instead of feuding with cable news. He also took a direct swing at Trump’s much-publicized White House construction project, posting, “The man building a ballroom with foreign steel probably shouldn’t call himself the champion of American steel.”
The jab landed close to home. Trump’s White House ballroom is reportedly being built using tens of millions of dollars’ worth of donated steel produced in Europe — even as the president demanded in another post that “ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES MUST BUY AMERICAN — NO EXCUSES!”
Rage at the Supreme Court
Trump didn’t stop with Fox News. The president unleashed a 545-word screed against the Supreme Court over its February 6-3 ruling striking down his sweeping tariff regime — a decision that requires approximately $160 billion collected from importers to be refunded.
Trump proposed a fix only he could imagine: that the justices simply add a sentence to their ruling declaring that money paid to the U.S. government doesn’t have to be returned. He claimed the move would have saved America $159 billion. He singled out Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Amy Coney Barrett for particular scorn, lamenting that justices he appointed had “hurt our Country so badly.”
A 232-Word Screed on Iran
The president’s first post of the day was a 232-word eruption blaming former President Barack Obama for the war with Iran that Trump himself launched in late February. Trump claimed Obama handed Tehran “$1.7 Billion in green cash” on a silver platter and accused Iran of recently wiping out 42,000 innocent, unarmed protesters.
The timing was telling. Trump’s online tantrum landed just as the Iranian government submitted its response to a U.S. peace proposal, with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declaring on social media that “we will never bow our heads before the enemy.” Trump’s war has shuttered the Strait of Hormuz under a U.S. blockade, sending global oil markets into chaos. The following day, Trump rejected Tehran’s response outright, calling the proposal “unacceptable” and “a piece of garbage,” and declared the ceasefire to be on “massive life support.” Administration officials subsequently told Israeli media that Trump was increasingly leaning toward resuming major combat operations. Departing for Beijing on May 12 to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump told reporters: “They’re defeated militarily, and they’ll either do the right thing, or we’ll finish the job.”
For good measure, Trump also aimed at former President Joe Biden, calling him “Sleepy Joe” and labeling him worse than Obama.
From Rose Garden to Truth Social
The May 10 online meltdown capped a Mother’s Day weekend that began with Trump hosting Angel Moms and Gold Star Mothers at a Rose Garden luncheon on May 8. That event, too, veered sharply from celebration into campaign-style grievance, with Trump ranting about “25 million people” entering the country under Biden and reciting the figure of “11,888 murderers” — a number he first floated at his State of the Union address and for which no evidence has been produced.
Trump also used the luncheon to show off his renovations at the White House, including the patio that replaced the Rose Garden’s grass and the new black granite walkway he has dubbed the “Presidential Walk of Fame.”
By the afternoon of May 10, the president had circled back to economic boasting, claiming credit for the 115,000 Americans who found jobs in April and taking a shot at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom he nicknamed “Too Late and Won’t Leave.”
What he never quite managed, across more than a dozen posts and a holiday luncheon, was a simple, uncomplicated message wishing American mothers a happy Mother’s Day.
