'Sad people in a sad country': How Fox News covered Donald Trump's state visit

Donald Trump’s preferred news broadcaster has played down the protests during the President’s state visit on its flagship TV shows.

Anchors accused the UK media of anti-Trump bias this week after the President called the demonstrations in London ‘fake news’.

Pro-Trump Fox News Channel is the most-watched network in the US, regularly hitting more than two million prime time viewers.

The President is known to be a fan of the network, particularly the morning news show Fox and Friends.

Fox Host Tucker Carlson branded the protesters ‘sad people in a sad country’ after playing footage of demonstrators criticising Mr Trump in London.

Fellow host Laura Ingraham, who was in London for the state visit, said: “The protests were kind of a letdown. I’m glad you [Carlson] started with the Trump baby balloon because that’s about all they really had.

“They kind of had a Trump on the toilet saying things like ‘where’s my cellphone?’ and ‘fake news’ but that was just kind of funny.

“But the crowds weren’t what they were last year when Trump was here when they were just massive.”

Mr Trump quoted Ingraham when he tweeted about his trip earlier today.

The presenter sparked outrage earlier this year after she presented white supremacists in a sympathetic light on her Fox News show.

The network stood by her after she claimed prominent racists and conspiracy theorists had been ‘silenced’ by social media companies.

Fox and Friends host Brian Kilmeade defended Ivanka Trump earlier in the week, saying booing that could be heard when she arrived at 10 Downing Street ‘wasn’t for her’.

As Ivanka walked into the building with National Security Advisor John Bolton Kilmeade said: “That’s not for Ivanka, it’s for John Bolton. And he loves it.”

Prime Minister Farage?

Nigel Farage has appeared on Fox News a number of time, and hosts in recent days suggested to viewers Mr Farage could be the UK’s next Prime Minister.

The Brexit Party leader was interviewed by Laura Ingraham in a London pub this week, where he told her Jeremy Corbyn acted ‘almost like a left-wing student politician’ by addressing the anti-Trump protests.

Ingraham asked Mr Farage, who was elected to the European Parliament in last month’s EU election, whether the Brexit Party might form a coalition with the Conservatives to form the next Government.

He replied: “There are lots of permutations here. One is that the Conservative party continue to fail on Brexit and you could see the death of a 200-year-old party.

“These things do happen. More realistically, post Mrs May they will get a leader with a little bit more courage.

“It could be Boris, but Boris talks a big game but often doesn’t deliver.”

He failed to explain that his party is yet to win a seat in Parliament and is not in a position to form a coalition.

In another report, Ingraham suggested Mr Farage could be the next British Prime Minister.

She said: “Unless this thing really happens on October 31st and Brexit happens, we will see another general election here in the UK and then who knows?

“We might have Nigel Farage standing for the General Election as the Brexit Party because the Conservative party at that point will be over.”

Mr Farage has unsuccessfully stood for election as an MP seven times.