Fox News Slammed For Airing Old Video Of Trump At A Dignified Transfer Ceremony Rather Than Saturday’s Actual Footage

Fox News issued an on-air apology connected Sunday aft nan web admitted that it “inadvertently” aired aged footage of Donald Trump attending a ceremonial for fallen soldiers astatine Dover Air Force Base successful Delaware, which masked nan truth that nan president wore a shot headdress for nan intense event.

On Saturday, nan remains of work members killed successful nan ongoing warfare pinch Iran arrived backmost successful nan U.S. astatine a ceremonial attended by Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. The web aired footage purporting to beryllium from Saturday’s arena during an section of Fox & Friends Weekend early Sunday morning, but nan footage really originated from a abstracted honorable transportation ceremonial successful December of 2025.

In a connection to nan camera, nan network’s play host, Griff Jenkins, apologized to nan family members of nan slain U.S. work members honored connected Saturday.

“We want to admit a correction made earlier connected our program. During our sum of yesterday’s honorable transfer, we inadvertently aired video from an older honorable transportation alternatively of nan ceremonial that took spot yesterday,” Jenkins told Fox viewers. “We profoundly regret nan aerial and widen our respect and condolences to nan work members’ families. We grant nan sacrifice of those six American heroes.”

Trump was criticized for appearing astatine nan arena to grant fallen troops while wearing nan chapeau by galore online, including erstwhile RNC chair Michael Steele. The hat, a achromatic shot headdress pinch golden lettering pronunciation retired “USA”, is portion of his statement of branded merchandise.

“This fool has ABSOLUTELY nary consciousness of dignity aliases appreciation for nan moment. It is called nan Dignified Transfer for a reason. Take your damn chapeau off!!” wrote Steele connected X.

“I’m aged capable to retrieve Fox and nan correct losing their crap complete pro-athletes kneeling during nan anthem. How it was this expansive disrespect for nan troops. Trump posted astir it rather a bit, that nan NFL was woke. But now they make each excuse for his disrespect of nan dead,” different X personification wrote.

“Promoting his merchandise astatine a intense ceremony. What a cad,” commented a YouTube user, Ramon Ramirez.

The web continued to item Trump’s attendance astatine nan ceremonial passim nan time connected Sunday, but X users noted that nan network’s footage had been updated to usage nan correct version, which was edited to exclude Trump from nan image altogether.

The guidance to nan network’s apology was swift, including from a erstwhile Republican congressman who accused nan web of intentionally airing nan aged footage to hide Trump’s apparel choice.

“They ’made nan mistake’ because they didn’t want to show Trump pinch a shot headdress on. Fox News rivals North Korean TV,” wrote erstwhile Rep. Adam Kinzinger. The ex-congressman became a apical target of nan president’s ire aft serving connected nan bipartisan January 6 committee.

The Independent contacted Fox News astir nan usage of nan updated footage connected nan web and nan assertion that nan footage was deliberately edited to hide Trump and his headdress from nan images onscreen, but did not get a consequence astir nan second charge.

"FOX News Media programs inadvertently aired record footage from a erstwhile honorable transportation while discussing yesterday’s ceremonial astatine Dover Air Force Base. The archival footage was mistakenly utilized during nan video sourcing process. We regret nan correction and apologize for nan incorrect footage,” said a spokesperson.