Trump reportedly threw a fit when a TV on Air Force One wasn't tuned to Fox News

Donald Trump.
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President Trump does not want to be subjected to even a minute of news unless it's delivered by Fox & Friends, which is why he flew into a rage when he found a television on Air Force One tuned to CNN.

The New York Times has viewed an email chain between officials from the White House Military Office and the White House Communications Agency, which goes into detail about a recent Air Force One incident involving Trump, a TV, and (gasp!) CNN. After boarding the plane, Trump discovered that first lady Melania Trump's television was set to CNN, which set him off. He considers the network "fake news," and apparently, it's an informal rule that each trip must start with the TVs tuned to Fox News.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.