--- title: Lou Dobbs Says Trump Makes Weekends 'Possible for Us All' description: On Friday, Fox News host Lou Dobbs told his viewers, "Have a great weekend. The President makes such a thing possible for us all." canonical: https://time.com/5677749/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend/ author: Madeleine Carlisle article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-14T18:58:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T07:22:17.961Z article:section: Politics og:title: Fox Business Network Host Lou Dobbs Tells Viewers President Donald Trump Makes Weekends 'Possible for Us All' og:description: Dobbs did not elaborate as to what he meant. og:url: https://time.com/5677749/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91a00bb87b80532/698a02e3b3fce314f80c58b9/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: lou dobbs trump weekend og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fox Business Network Host Lou Dobbs Tells Viewers President Donald Trump Makes Weekends 'Possible for Us All' twitter:description: Dobbs did not elaborate as to what he meant. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91a00bb87b80532/698a02e3b3fce314f80c58b9/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fox Business Network Host Lou Dobbs Tells Viewers President Donald Trump Makes Weekends 'Possible for Us All' > Sponsored content. 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Steven Ferdman—Getty Images  by [Madeleine Carlisle](https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Sep 14, 2019 6:58 PM UTC On Friday evening, Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs told his viewers, “Have a great weekend. The President makes such a thing possible for us all.” Dobbs did not elaborate as to why or how President Donald Trump makes weekends possible. > [](https://twitter.com/bad%5Ftakes/status/1172666409295470593) Dobbs is a strong supporter of the President and often praises him on his show _Lou Dobbs Tonight_. His show has faced controversy in the past; he has [argued](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/370469-lou-dobbs-its-time-to-declare-war-on-deep-state#.WmlNOdL%5FMzY.twitter) that a “deep state” exists in the Justice Department to undermine Trump and he has been criticized for using [anti-semitic language](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-business-host-lou-dobbs-deploys-anti-semitic-tentacles-trope-to-smear-george-soros) against Democratic donor George Soros. On Sept. 12, Dobbs concluded his broadcast by praising Trump and the White House, adding, “The joint is hopping.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5677749/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5677749/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend/"},"headline":"Fox Business Network Host Lou Dobbs Tells Viewers President Donald Trump Makes Weekends 'Possible for Us All'","datePublished":"2019-09-14T18:58:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T07:22:17.961Z","description":"Dobbs did not elaborate as to what he meant","url":"https://time.com/5677749/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91a00bb87b80532/698a02e3b3fce314f80c58b9/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeleine Carlisle","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91a00bb87b80532/698a02e3b3fce314f80c58b9/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"lou dobbs trump weekend","caption":"lou dobbs trump weekend","creditText":"Steven Ferdman—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5677749/lou-dobbs-trump-weekend/","name":"Fox Business Network Host Lou Dobbs Tells Viewers President Donald Trump Makes Weekends 'Possible for Us All'"}}]}] ```