Trump was named Time Magazine's 2024 Person of the Year.
President-elect Donald Trump was named Time Magazine's 2024 Person of the Year on Thursday morning. The hosts of “Fox & Friends” react to the ad and what they call the “Trump effect” as a majority of Americans are optimistic heading into the new year.
President-elect Donald Trump Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about the campaign strategy during an interview with Time magazine, after he was named “Person of the Year.”
When asked who Magazine What are Harris' worst mistakes? Trump pointed to Harris' media strategy.
“I think when she refused to talk to anyone, it put the spotlight on her,” Trump began. “In other words, if she would just go out and give interviews.” “She didn't do anything. And people said, 'Is there something wrong with her? Why did they do that? I mean, I'm doing this interview with you. I've interviewed anyone who would ask me, if I had the time.' , I'll be doing interviews, I think the Joe Rogan interview, you know, lasted about three and a half hours.
Before the election, the Trump campaign denied that it had formally accepted an invitation for Trump to sit in the election 60 Minutes interview.after CBS News claimed he backed out.
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a House Republican Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alison Robert-Paul/Getty Images)
The Trump-Vance ticket has amassed 105 interviews since August compared to 103 for Harris-Walls.
Harris did not sit down For an interview more than a month after President Biden announced his withdrawal, and his replacement became the top of the Democratic list. At the end of August, she intensified her traditional media appearances, in addition to audio interviews, after her first joint meeting with her lieutenant governor, Tim Walz.
“But it's an interesting question when you ask about it. I think they made a big tactical mistake by literally not talking to the press, even if it was really friendly, I mean, and they were almost all friendly, someone might come up with a really friendly idea – like you guys, maybe – But a friendly interview, and they refused to do the basic thing, and people, including me, started asking, 'Is there something wrong with her?' The president-elect said.
Trump told Time magazine that Harris' interviews that did not go well for her would not have received the same amount of attention had she given other interviews.
“In other words, if she did the same interviews, but she did 15 more interviews, you wouldn't notice it as much,” he added.
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech after the 2024 presidential election, on Wednesday, November 6, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacqueline Martin)
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He added: “She focused a lot on the interviews. Someone thought something was wrong, and I don't think she ever recovered from that.”
Trump and Harris both I turned to podcasts and non-traditional media sources throughout their campaigns. Harris sat down specifically for an interview with the “Call Her Daddy” podcast hosted by Alex Cooper.
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Senior Harris campaign aides were frustrated by what they described as… “Narrative” about Harris Not conducting interviews.
“I think the narrative, 107 days…two weeks talking about not doing interviews, which you know they were doing a lot, but we were doing it our own way, we had to be the nominees, we had to find a vice presidential candidate, and get going, I mean That there are all these things that you kind of want to take into account but the real people heard, somehow, that we're not going to do interviews, which is not true and also goes against any kind of standard,” Dillon told “Pod Save America” host Dan. Pfeiffer in the weeks that “It was put on Trump, and I thought that was a problem,” the election followed.
