--- title: Trump Doesn't Back Down From Fox Feud On The O'Reilly Factor description: Donald Trump appeared Wednesday night on Fox News' 'The O'Reilly Factor' to air his grievances with the network. canonical: https://time.com/4197355/donald-trump-fox-news-bill-oreilly/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-28T02:23:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:26.179Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Doesn't Back Down From Fox Feud On The O'Reilly Factor og:description: "I don't like being taken advantage of," the Republican front-runner said og:url: https://time.com/4197355/donald-trump-fox-news-bill-oreilly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b72f2b4858f6569/69887ae8428a9e64b7cd1225/trump-kelly1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3452 og:image:height: 1942 og:image:alt: Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Doesn't Back Down From Fox Feud On The O'Reilly Factor twitter:description: "I don't like being taken advantage of," the Republican front-runner said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b72f2b4858f6569/69887ae8428a9e64b7cd1225/trump-kelly1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Doesn't Back Down From the Fox Feud On _The O'Reilly Factor_ > Sponsored content. 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John Minchillo—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 28, 2016 2:23 AM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4195465/what-trumps-debate-fight-means/) appeared Wednesday night on Fox News’ _The O’Reilly Factor_ to air his [grievances with the network.](http://time.com/4196221/donald-trump-rush-limbaugh-debate/) Trump has been going back and forth with Fox since he [declined Tuesday](http://time.com/4195194/donald-trump-skip-fox-debate/) to participate in a presidential debate hosted by Fox News, escalating a feud between the candidate and the network. During his appearance on Bill O’Reilly’s show, he showed no signs of relenting saying, “I don’t like being taken advantage of, in this case I was being taken advantage of by Fox. I don’t like that.” O’Reilly skipped his usual current events segment _Talking Points Memo_ at the top of his show to go straight to the interview with his longtime friend. In an attempt to reason with the billionaire Republican front-runner, O’Reilly said that by walking away from the debate Trump was leaving supporters behind. “You are one person away—and it’s probably going to be Hillary Clinton—from being the President of the United States,” O’Reilly said. “I submit to you that you need to change and get away from the personal ‘they hurt my feelings, they’re unfair to me’ and make it about the folks, not about you. And you elevate them to a place where you could win this if you do that.” Trump responded that O’Reilly wasn’t far off and that his campaign, which takes him all over the country, was about one thing—making good on his promise to make America great again. “That’s why I’m doing this, it’s because I want the position, it’s because I know the potential of this country, how great the country can be,” Trump said. “I’m all over the country and I’m seeing unbelievable people, with unbelievable potential—and it’s untapped potential.” The feud with Fox stems from a [back-and-forth](http://time.com/4046681/trump-boycott-fox-news/) between Trump and Fox News Host Megan Kelly. Since she questioned him bluntly in August about comments he had made about women, Trump has protested that Kelly should not be allowed to moderate any Republican debate. Trump also complained during the O’Reilly interview about the Republican debate schedule, and suggested that Democrats had a lighter load with less debates. He added that he could do better things with his time, citing an event he will be hosting Thursday, during the debate, at Drake University in Iowa to raise funds for veterans. **Read More:** [_Here’s What Happens When Presidential Candidates Skip Debates_](http://time.com/4195884/republican-debate-donald-trump-ronald-reagan-george-bush/) “We’re going to go on forever with these debates, at some point you’ve got to start doing other things other than debating,” Trump said. 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