{"id":2650774,"date":"2026-08-27T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baier-tuts-trump-after-president-rips-iran-story-we-didnt-say-you-wanted-to-meet\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T01:05:11","slug":"baier-tuts-trump-after-president-rips-iran-story-we-didnt-say-you-wanted-to-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baier-tuts-trump-after-president-rips-iran-story-we-didnt-say-you-wanted-to-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Baier tuts Trump after president rips Iran story: &#8216;We didn&#8217;t say you wanted to meet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fbaier-tuts-trump-after-president-rips-iran-story-we-didnt-say-you-wanted-to-meet%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=2650774&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>Fox News host bret Baier defended his reporting after President donald Trump criticized his segment on Iran war news. Trump posted on Truth Social claiming the report was inaccurate and implying Baier&#8217;s team was misleading. Baier responded on-air, asserting the report was correct and that Hunt\u2019s coverage was accurate, clarifying that the segment discussed ongoing efforts by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to increase pressure on Iran through G20 meetings. The report highlighted the US&#8217;s strategic shift from peace negotiations to imposing broader economic sanctions on Iran, aiming to persuade Tehran to compromise amidst ongoing negotiations and regional diplomatic efforts.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fox News host Bret Baier defended his colleague after President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> posted on<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/truth-social\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11116\"> Truth Social <\/a>panning his show\u2019s segment on the latest <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> war news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump posted on social media on Thursday evening telling Baier to \u201cstraighten out his flunkies,\u201d while calling the Iran report from Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt \u201cparticularly inaccurate.\u201d Trump took issue with the network\u2019s characterization of the state of negotiations between the regime and the Trump administration, saying of the Iranian regime, \u201cI don\u2019t want to meet, they do. In fact, they are begging to make a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4703645\/bret-baier-trump-iran-story-truth-social\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bret Baier tuts Trump after president rips Iran story: \u2018We didn\u2019t say you wanted to meet\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4703419\/canada-carney-lake-ontario-trump-name-change\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Carney says Lake Ontario will keep its name \u2018now and always\u2019 after Trump order<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4703144\/canada-reverses-some-us-tariffs-seafood-industry-backlash\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Canada pulls back on some tariffs after \u2018feedback\u2019 from seafood industry<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baier addressed Trump\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117169795722157998\">Truth Social post <\/a>on the airwaves and insisted that Hunt\u2019s report on his show, <em>Special Report with Bret Baier<\/em>, was, indeed, accurate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst of all, Jonathan Hunt\u2019s not a flunky. He\u2019s a great reporter. Second of all, Mr. President, we didn\u2019t say you wanted to meet. In fact, we played a sound bite that you didn\u2019t want to meet and there are no negotiations,\u201d Baier said on air in response to the president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe said that Treasury Secretary [Scott] Bessent is hoping to meet with G20 countries to increase the pressure on Iran, and that Gulf state allies, including Qatar, are inside Tehran trying to get Iran to agree to concessions. 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The administration\u2019s hope is that eventually the Iranian leadership will capitulate and compromise. But for now, that isn\u2019t happening,\u201d Hunt said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Trump administration has put peace negotiations with Iran on ice, its strategy has shifted toward amping up the economic pressure on Iran. 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