Fox & Friends quickly came to President Trump's defense after a report that he racked up more than $1 billion in business losses, arguing that if anything, he comes out of the story looking great.
Trump's favorite morning show spoke after The New York Times obtained financial documents showing that Trump's businesses lost more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994.
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Co-host Ainsley Earhardt took things a step further, though. "If anything, you read this and you're like, 'Wow, it's pretty impressive all the things that he's done in his life,'" she said. "It's beyond what most of us could ever achieve." Brendan Morrow
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