Trump starts Election Day by going on Fox News to complain about Fox News

Donald Trump.
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There's something to be said for consistency, regardless of circumstances.

President Trump kicked off Election Day morning by phoning into Fox & Friends. Host Brian Kilmeade asked the president to respond to some criticism issued by his predecessor, Barack Obama, who has been campaigning for Trump's Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Trump, who generally doesn't shy away from going after Obama, wound up turning the tables on Fox News in this instance for providing too much coverage of Biden's campaign.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.