In the first two years of his presidency, Donald Trump has given 41 interviews to Fox. The network’s influence on the White House—detailed recently in Jane Mayer’s reporting in The New Yorker—goes beyond the television-watching portion of his “Executive Time.” And now, it appears the president is trying to close the loop by offering programming suggestions to the network via Twitter. Or maybe he’s just grousing out loud about the treatment of his close personal friend Jeanine Pirro.

On March 9, Pirro sparked controversy when she questioned Rep. Ilhan Omar’s loyalty to the United States on her Fox show, Justice with Judge Jeanine. “Omar wears a hijab, which according to the Quran 33:59, tells women to cover so they won’t get molested,” Pirro told her audience. “Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?” Fox News has apologized, but Pirro has refused to, saying she never called the representative “un-American.” The following week, the show didn’t air in its normal 9 P.M. Saturday slot.

Apparently agitated after noticing Pirro’s absence on the D.V.R. lineup curated especially for his Executive Time, the president tweeted about his displeasure with Fox on Sunday morning. Trump cast Fox News’s decision to suspend Pirro as a conspiracy, as he’s wont to do: “Bring back @JudgeJeanine Pirro,” Trump wrote. “The Radical Left Democrats, working closely with their beloved partner, the Fake News Media, is using every trick in the book to SILENCE a majority of our Country. They have all out campaigns against @FoxNews hosts who are doing too well.”

Next, he brought up Tucker Carlson, who wasn’t suspended but did lose advertisers when his baldly misogynistic and Islamophobic comments to a Florida shock jock recirculated online. “Keep fighting for Tucker, and fight hard for @JudgeJeanine,” Trump added. “Your competitors are jealous - they all want what you’ve got - NUMBER ONE. Don’t hand it to them on a silver platter. They can’t beat you, you can only beat yourselves!” he said.

Previously, Fox News had defended its marquee host, saying it can’t “allow voices like Tucker Carlson to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts from the likes of moveon.org, Media Matters, and Sleeping Giants.” Earlier this month, the network denounced Pirro, saying in a statement, “We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar. They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly.” Fox News did not confirm that she had been suspended, though, saying it would not comment on “internal scheduling matters.”