{"id":2473839,"date":"2025-08-12T13:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-thanks-chuck-todd-for-compliment-returns-favor\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:23:51","slug":"trump-thanks-chuck-todd-for-compliment-returns-favor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-thanks-chuck-todd-for-compliment-returns-favor\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump thanks Chuck Todd for compliment, returns favor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-thanks-chuck-todd-for-compliment-returns-favor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2473839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-the-monster-building-in-hong-kong-with-hundreds-of-floors\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show The Monster Building In Hong Kong With Hundreds Of Floors?\">article reports<\/a> on former President Donald Trump expressing gratitude to journalist Chuck Todd after Todd acknowledged Trump&#8217;s meaningful impact on the United States. On CBN News, Todd stated that no one has influenced the contry as much since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, notably in cultural and political terms. Todd cited examples of Trump&#8217;s involvement in various issues, such as his demands regarding the Washington Commanders&#8217; team name and calls for the resignation of Intel&#8217;s CEO, highlighting a level of government engagement unusual for the Republican Party of the past. In response, Trump praised Todd on his social media platform Truth Social, congratulating him on leaving NBC News and calling him &#8220;a Free Man,&#8221; while also criticizing NBC&#8217;s parent company Comcast. Todd left NBC News earlier in the year after a 20-year tenure and has since started a podcast.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump thanks Chuck Todd for compliment, returns favor<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2202151\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3494655\/trump-administration-chases-social-media-virality-pop-culture-memes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> praised journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3308046\/chuck-todd-nbc-news-exit-earlier-planned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chuck Todd<\/a> after Todd credited Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;impact&rdquo; on the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Todd offered his analysis on Trump&rsquo;s second term on CBN News on Monday, which caught the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s eye and prompted him to respond.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3496116\/liberals-mad-prominent-conservatives-arent-upset-over-south-park-jokes\/\">Liberals mad prominent conservatives aren&#8217;t upset over South Park jokes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3496125\/dean-cain-ice-officer-john-oliver-jokes\/\">Dean Cain laughs off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-whittington-the-texas-attorney-shot-by-dick-cheney-dies-at-95\/\" title=\"Harry Whittington, the Texas Attorney Shot by Dick Cheney, Dies at 95\">late-night jokes<\/a> about joining ICE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3495269\/kristi-noem-changes-profile-photo-south-park\/\">Noem changes X profile photo to her &#8216;South Park&#8217; 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David Brody (@DBrodyReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DBrodyReports\/status\/1954917338299674900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, [Trump] wants to involve himself in everything. FDR involved himself in almost everything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Todd cited Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3488148\/trump-redskins-washington-commanders-name-change-stadium-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">threats<\/a> to the Washington Commanders to return to the name Redskins, and his calls for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3496005\/trump-intel-ceo-lip-bu-tan-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CEO of Intel<\/a> to resign as examples. According to Todd, the Republican Party of the past would have decried such government involvement. <\/p>\n<p>Trump returned the favor by complimenting Todd in a Truth Social post Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wow, thank you Chuck. I always said that you were far better than the scum that runs the FAKE NEWS at NBC and, especially, Brian Roberts and &lsquo;Concast,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump was referencing NBC News&rsquo;s parent company, Comcast. The media conglomerate also owns MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, and NBC Local Stations.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115015483801151739\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are a Free Man now. Congratulations &ndash; Use your time well!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3494655\/trump-administration-chases-social-media-virality-pop-culture-memes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CHASES SOCIAL MEDIA VIRALITY WITH POP CULTURE MEMES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Todd started a podcast after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3308046\/chuck-todd-nbc-news-exit-earlier-planned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ousted by NBC News<\/a> this January after 20 years of working on the network. At the time of his departure, Todd was the moderator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2448167\/chuck-todd-hosts-final-meet-the-press-introduces-kristen-welker-as-new-host\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Meet the Press<\/em><\/a>, where he did not shy away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2397970\/msnbcs-chuck-todd-trumps-entire-life-has-been-spent-using-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">criticizing Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Todd for further comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2202151\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2202151\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump thanks Chuck Todd for praise, returns the compliment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2473840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-world-leader-parade.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34852,12021,3634],"class_list":["post-2473839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chuck-todd","tag-gratitude","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-world-leader-parade.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473843,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473839\/revisions\/2473843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2473840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}