Thread by @MattGertz

This morning's Trump tweets are a little complicated to match onto Fox segments.

Fox & Friends did not address the West Virginia primary before Trump tweeted.

Left, Fox & Friends, 7:12 am
Right, Trump, 6:53 am

Then we've got a Haspel tweet, which may be the result of Trump responding to a Fox segment he was TiVoing, or may just be generally messaging for the day.

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:08 am
Right, Trump, 7:04 am

There were no other Fox segments on Haspel between that one and Fox reporting on Trump's tweet.

Then we've got two Trump tweets in the middle of the 7 am hour, starting 21 minutes after he previous tweet and separated by 14 minutes.

If we assume that both these and the Haspel tweet came in response to Fox programming, the best match is probably this segment with Chaffetz.

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:17 am
Right, Trump, 7:25 am

That works with this Trump comment about the "Court System."

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:20 am
Right, Trump 7:39 am

Trump's messaging about how collusion is a "phony crime" and Mueller's team have "Conflicts of Interest" is ripped from Sean Hannity's program.

Some links that explain Trump's references to "13 Angry Democrats" and how collusion is a "phony crime":

mediamatters.org/blog/2017/10/0…
mediamatters.org/research/2017/…

Alright, this is pretty obvious. Salena Zito and Brad Todd were talking about their new book on Fox & Friends this morning.

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:26 am
Right, Trump, 9:00 am

Not sure what's going on here. Long delay between the Mueller and Zito tweets and then a very quick one between that and the Grenell one, which also seeks to be F & F-related but from a segment an hour after the Zito one.

Left, Fox & Friends, 7:24 am
Right, Trump, 9:05 am

Hrm yeah timeline consistent with this next one.

Left, Fox & Friends, 8:07 am

Kilmeade: "I can't wait for the IG report to come out soon... That will be big as Lisa Page quietly left the scene of the FBI over the weekend."

Right, Trump, 9:29 am

The president's "Mid-Term Elections" appears to be a reaction to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's Fox News segment about what the GOP needs to do to hold the majority. This is pretty ominous.

Left, Fox & Friends, 8:35 am
Right, Trump, 9:35 am

McCarthy: We need to make a case about the importance of the tax cuts and deregulation.

Trump: Gotta "get tough and smart" about Mueller "before it is too late!"

Could get a border/caravan tweet next...

Or possibly something about the Kentucky Derby.

I would really enjoy a tweet about this hat.

Ah well he's moved on to the next Fox show.

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