Washington: Fox News host Chris Wallace went after President Donald Trump for his attacks on the news media in an interview that aired on Sunday, telling the President he is "seen around the world as a beacon for repression" because of his rhetoric.

Chris Wallace of Fox News in 2016. Credit:AP

The Fox News Sunday host told Trump that while other presidents expressed frustration with the news media, none had gone as far as Trump, who called them "the enemy of the American people".

"Barack Obama whined about Fox News all the time but he never said we were the enemy of the people," Wallace said.