Yahoo News Fox News host Neil Cavuto blasts Donald Trump: 'You're the President. Why don't you act like it?'
A Fox News host has condemned Donald Trump over his latest attacks on the father of a college basketball player and a Republican senator.
On Saturday, the US President said he should have left three UCLA basketball players “in jail” in China after LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo Ball, refused to thank Mr Trump for his son’s release.
The students were arrested earlier this month after shoplifting sunglasses in Shanghai. Mr Trump claimed he personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his help in releasing them.
Mr Trump then accused Jeff Flake of saying “bad things about your favourite President” after the Republican Senator was caught on camera criticising the billionaire and controversial Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore.
During a three-minute monologue, Fox News host Neil Cavuto said Mr Trump’s remarks “don’t even border on being human”.
Accusing him of using a “bazooka to respond to a peashooter”, Mr Cavuto said the President wanted to see “gratitude bordering on grovelling”.
“Pick your fights because neither of these scenes is worth the fuss,” he added. “You wanted a thank you, you got it. You wanted a reason to go after a Senator you hate, you pounced on it. But last time I checked you are the President of the United States. Why don’t you act like it?”
Mr Cavuto left Fox News viewers furious over his criticism of the President, with some calling for the presenter to be fired.
Neil Cavuto should get fired. CNN will hire him since all he does is bad mouth you.
— onehitter (@onehitterovbl1) November 20, 2017
Mr. President please don't respond to Neil Cavuto let him fade away you are the president you don't need to respond to him he's looking for his 10 minutes of fame
— Jimmy Acosta (@mja11842) November 20, 2017
LaVar Ball was embarrassed says Neil Cavuto and President Trump should understand that. Wrong. Americans are embarrassed by the behavior of athletes representing the US, while stealing like common thugs.
— Kathy Soltani (@KathySoltani) November 20, 2017
@FoxNews FIRE NEIL CAVUTO. HE OBVIOUSLY HATES OUR PRESIDENT. WHO CARES IF THE GUY TWEETS ...SO WHAT..AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHAT HE IS THINKING UNLIKE THE CROOKED DEMS & ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS. NEIL CAVUTO IS A STUFFED SHIRT ACTS LIKE THE ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS
— Nancy Chatham (@nmchatham) November 20, 2017
But others were full of praise for the veteran business journalist.
@TeamCavuto I appreciated your common sense piece about Trump actually acting like he’s the president and not having dumb little grudges. Please keep up with it and hopefully your peers do the same. In the mean time you have a new folllower. Thank you!
— Chris (@chrisontheT) November 21, 2017
