'Get yourself a new pollster!' Fed-up Trump bashes Fox News' own surveys during interview
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return from a state visit in Britain, September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

An irritated President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday at Fox News polls during an interview with the network.

Trump was interviewed by Martha MacCallum on Fox News' "The Story." The two discussed polling about the economy and concerns about unemployment and inflation. It quickly turned into a critique from Trump over his dissatisfaction with Fox News' polling methods.

"We're gonna have numbers like nobody has ever seen before, including jobs," Trump told MacCallum.

The Fox host pressed him on when.

"When do you think we're gonna feel that? Because we do see polling that doesn't poll well in the economy. Recent Fox polling said 52% said the economy is worse under this administration," she said.

The poll, conducted Sept. 6-9, was among registered voters. Just 30% said the Trump administration made the economy better, and 18% said they felt it was the same.

MacCallum noted the unemployment rate is the highest its been since the middle of the pandemic, and grocery prices have made a "big jump."

"How is that — you're looking forward with these plans that you just talked about. When will people feel that, President Trump?"

Trump began answering that the economy will improve once factories open, and they're currently under construction. But he immediately attacked the right-wing outlet's polling.

"Fox polling, I have to tell you, I've told you before, is the worst polling I've ever had," he railed. "It's always — during the election they had me winning by a little bit, not by a massive amount. Fox polling — I've told Rupert Murdoch, go get yourself a new pollster because he stinks. And this is for years now."

Notably, the most recent YouGov/Economist poll from Sept. 12–15 showed Trump's overall job approval at 39% approve and 57% disapprove.

Trump’s favorability among Latinos has also plummeted, according to new polling acquired by Politico, leading to Republicans lashing out at the findings as “junk.”