Now that President Donald Trump has hired away all the Fox News Channel talent he wants, it appears that he’s turning to another cable giant for his news and entertainment.
At least three times in the past week, Trump has cited C-SPAN as his channel of choice.
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He’s brought it up so often that one key online influencer suggested that if Washington players want to get Trump’s attention, head to Washington’s Hall of States office building on Capitol Hill and bypass Fox’s fifth-floor suites for C-SPAN studios on the sixth floor.
Trump has become such a student of the non-profit cable network that refused government funds when it started 46 years ago that he appears to know the difference between its channels.
"As Mike said before – I happened to listen to him. He was on C-SPAN 1. That's a big upgrade, right? I was listening as I was putting on the tie. How does it look? He was on C-SPAN 1."
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) April 9, 2025
– Pres. Trump at NRCC dinner – National Building Museum pic.twitter.com/rmVoWiZd8G
For example, addressing Republican donors at the National Republican Congressional Committee a week ago, the president complimented House Speaker Mike Johnson for being showcased on C-SPAN 1, which covers the House.
"Gas prices are way down. In fact, they had something, $2.50 a gallon I saw on television a little while ago, in between my watching my great friends on C-SPAN …"
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) April 9, 2025
– Pres. Trump at NRCC dinner – National Building Museum pic.twitter.com/9eIKrEeay3
“As Mike said before — I happened to listen to him. He was on C-SPAN 1. That’s a big upgrade, right? I was listening as I was putting on the tie. How does it look? He was on C-SPAN 1,” said Trump, according to a post from C-SPAN’s communication chief Howard Mortman.
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— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) April 15, 2025
"WHAT TRUMP DOES AT 3 AM: Trump told USTR Jamieson Greer he’d been watching reruns of his testimony to Congress on C-SPAN. 'You were on every night at 3 o’clock in morning' Trump told Greer during Cabinet meeting"https://t.co/Hdy1JSnqMU
Video: pic.twitter.com/drIHYErfGp
In a second post from the NRCC dinner that Mortman put on X, Trump said, “Gas prices are way down. In fact, they had something, $2.50 a gallon I saw on television a little while ago, in between my watching my great friends on C-SPAN.”
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And he doesn’t just note C-SPAN when he is talking to its main audience. He even brought it up at his recent Cabinet meeting in a brag on his trade representative, Jamieson Greer, and hinted that he’s watching in the middle of the night.
“I watched you testify for the last couple of days. You were on every night testifying at three o’clock in the morning. And you did great. You were fantastic, thank you very much,” said Trump to laughter around the table.