--- title: Donald Trump and Fox News at War Again description: Donald Trump fired a new salvo Wednesday in his on-again-off-again feud with Fox News canonical: https://time.com/4046681/trump-boycott-fox-news/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T17:03:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T01:41:13.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Is at War With Fox News Again og:description: Promises to boycott the cable network og:url: https://time.com/4046681/trump-boycott-fox-news/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Is at War With Fox News Again twitter:description: Promises to boycott the cable network twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donald Trump Is at War With Fox News Again > Sponsored content. 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Trump- -I'm not a Puppet_  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:41 AM UTCPublished: Sep 23, 2015 5:03 PM UTC  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:41 AM UTCPublished: Sep 23, 2015 5:03 PM UTC Donald Trump fired a new salvo Wednesday in his on-again-off-again feud with Fox News, saying he won’t be appearing on the cable network “for the foreseeable future.” “.[@FoxNews](https://mobile.twitter.com/FoxNews) has been treating me very unfairly & I have therefore decided that I won’t be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future,” Trump said on Twitter. Trump’s boycott of Fox News is only the latest volley in his ongoing fight with the network. The Republican presidential candidate has for weeks been at odds with high-profile host Megyn Kelly, about whom he made remarks that were widely derided as [sexist](http://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/) after she subjected him to tough questioning during the first debate last month. After that initial spat with Kelly, Trump said Fox News chief Roger Ailes called him to assure him fair treatment by the network. “He is a great guy & assures me that ‘Trump’ will be treated fairly on [@FoxNews](https://twitter.com/FoxNews). His word is always good!,” Trump said on Twitter at the time. But on Monday Trump, who is still leading polls for the GOP nomination, attacked Fox News host Bill O’Reilly for, he said, not publicizing polls that reflected well on his performance: “.[@**oreillyfactor**](https://twitter.com/oreillyfactor) was very negative to me in refusing to to post the great polls that came out today including NBC. [@**FoxNews**](https://twitter.com/FoxNews) not good for me!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/646716373473853442) Fox News has responded with a statement saying Trump’s appearance on _The O’Reilly Factor_ was cancelled, prompting the candidate to declare his boycott. “When coverage doesn’t go his way, he engages in personal attacks on our anchors and hosts, which has grown stale and tiresome,” [the network said.](http://fox2now.com/2015/09/23/donald-trump-says-hes-boycotting-fox-news-over-coverage/) > [](https://twitter.com/mlcalderone/status/646751754529472512) ## Transcript When all of these candidates accept all of this money, they're puppets. Nobody played the game better than me. But they're all puppets, they do whatever you want. Especially if they're not finished with their careers, if they're going to run again, because they want this money coming in the next time. 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