Trump praises Fox anchor Maria Bartiromo in Truth Social post
Trump the president called the Fox Business host “FANTASTIC” in a brief tribute posted on his social platform, months after sitting for an interview with her at the White House.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump has praised Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo in a short tribute on Truth Social.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Maria Bartiromo is FANTASTIC!!! President DJT”
Trump published the message on his own platform on July 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM ET. The post named no policy, program, or event. It offered only direct praise for the veteran television journalist, who anchors programming on Fox Business and Fox News.
Bartiromo has interviewed Trump repeatedly during his time in public life. She spoke with the president at the White House earlier in the year. Trump participated in an interview with Bartiromo in the Diplomatic Reception Room on April 14, 2026, according to an official White House photo caption.
The tribute carried no direct financial or policy stakes. It signaled continued closeness between the president and a prominent voice in cable business news. Such praise can raise a host’s profile and reinforce a friendly channel for the White House message, while critics of the arrangement question the distance between the president and the reporters who cover him.
The White House stands in Washington, D.C. on 07/14/2026.
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Has this happened before? Trump has a long record of publicly praising and attacking individual journalists and hosts. He has singled out favored anchors for compliments while branding other outlets and reporters as unfair. The Bartiromo post fits that established pattern of naming media figures by name.
No further decision or action is tied to the post. Trump did not announce any event, appointment, or policy. A date for any related development has not been announced.
Presidents mixing praise and pressure with the press is not new. Franklin D. Roosevelt held some 998 press conferences across his four terms, cultivating reporters through direct access, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Richard Nixon, by contrast, kept an enemies list that included journalists and later resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal. The relationship between the Oval Office and the newsroom has swung between courtship and conflict for generations.