Overview

• During a Tuesday phone-in, Trump fixated on Ainsley Earhardt’s relationship with Sean Hannity, joking about “breaking news” and asking who earns more.
• He suggested the pair could hold hands while out in Washington and said he didn’t want them to get mugged, prompting visible discomfort from Earhardt.
• Co-host Lawrence Jones and guest host Charlie Hurt repeatedly tried to redirect the conversation and then hurried the segment to a close.
• The appearance had been set up to discuss Trump’s recent White House meetings with European leaders and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.
• As the interview ended, Trump circled back to the topic, saying he hoped he hadn’t gotten Earhardt in trouble and calling the engaged couple “a great” match.