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Fox News briefly shows empty Trump podium over Castro, Obama

Fox News declined to air much of Cuban President Raúl Castro's remarks at a joint news conference with President Barack Obama on Monday — and at one point cut away from them entirely to show Donald Trump’s empty lectern.

On Monday, Obama and Castro held a joint news conference in Havana during the first family’s historic visit to Cuba. Fox News' programming at the time, The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, had a guest talking over the bulk of Castro's remarks, which were in Spanish with an English translator.

And for about 90 seconds shortly after 2 p.m., the network televised an empty lectern where Trump would soon between speaking, cutting away from the news conference entirely. Trump was scheduled to hold a briefing of his own at the Old Post Office — which is currently under construction to become a Trump hotel — in Washington, D.C.

Once Obama began speaking, the network returned to the news conference in Havana and remained there for its duration.