Exclusive: Bret Baier to interview Trump during Fox's Super Bowl pregame
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Bret Baier interviews President Trump in 2023. Photo: Fox News
Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier will sit down with President Trump for a pre-taped interview at Mar-a-Lago that will air during the network's Super Bowl LIX pregame show, Fox News confirmed to Axios.
Why it matters: The four biggest U.S. broadcasters — Fox, NBC, CBS and ABC — air the Super Bowl on a rotating schedule. Trump's first Super Bowl back in office coinciding with Fox's broadcast this year is fortuitous, given the president's friendly relationship with the network.
- The tradition of presidents being interviewed during the Super Bowl pregame show by journalists from the game's host network goes back to 2004. Trump upended the tradition by skipping the pregame interview with NBC in 2018.
- Former President Biden skipped pre-game interviews for the past two years. He opted out of an interview with Fox News in 2023 and CBS News in 2024.
The big picture: The interview follows a dizzying two weeks of headlines around Trump's swift efforts to repeal Biden-era policies and introduce a slew of his own.
- Fox has not offered details about the length of the conversation but said the interview will be wide-ranging.
Flashback: The last time Trump was interviewed by Fox during its Super Bowl pregame show was in 2020 when anchor Sean Hannity sat down with him at Mar-a-Lago.
- Trump was interviewed by former Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly at the White House for a Super Bowl pregame interview in 2017.
What to watch: The Super Bowl is expected to drive big ratings for Fox.
- Sunday's AFC Championship nail-biter between the Buffalo Bills and reigning Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs averaged a record 57.7 million viewers on CBS.
- The Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles, who they narrowly defeated for the Super Bowl title just two years ago.
- The NFL has seen a spike in female viewers ever since Chiefs' star Travis Kelce started dating pop icon Taylor Swift in 2023.
- Fox has sold out its Super Bowl advertising inventory, with nearly a dozen spots selling for a record $8 million.
Editor's note: This story was inadvertently published early.
