Trump loves Fox News. He reportedly watches the channel for hours each day, and gives the network the vast majority of all his televised interviews—as of January, he’d had 44 Fox interviews, and given the other major networks just 10. The problem is that TV runs on a tight schedule and Donald Trump does not, which results in the hilarious-yet-horrifying spectacle of the President of the United States rambling over a TV anchor who’s just trying to get him to finish the interview so that she can cut to commercial already.

Trump called into Fox Sunday Morning and talked to anchor Maria Bartiromo, who was live from the border at El Paso. Like pretty much anyone who interviews Trump, Bartiromo at times struggled to keep him on the topic of immigration, and had to guide the president away from tangents, including one about his days in real estate ("I used to build buildings—good times, bad times, you build buildings.")

But getting him off the phone seemed nearly impossible. Bartiromo began trying to usher Trump out the door around the seven-minute mark, dropping the first “Mr. Trump, I know you have to run,” as the President barreled on anyway.

“Mr. President, thank you so much,” she said later, only for Trump to ramble while Bartiromo seemed visibly uncomfortable. "And then you look at a guy like [CIA Director John] Brennan, with his big mouth," Trump ranted, "and you look at [James] Clapper, who’s a dummy, and yet he was in intelligence—he’s a dumb guy." Bartiromo tried repeatedly to break in, peppering “Before you have to go…” with some “I know you have to run” and a dash of “Thank you so much,” while Trump soldiered on in a monologue about the deep state and “fake news CNN.”

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LOL -- @MariaBartiromo desperately tried to wrap up her phone interview with Trump, but Trump refused to stop talking about "cleaning the swamp" and how Clapper is "a dumb guy." pic.twitter.com/z1NrlTHw7d — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2019

It’s not the first time Fox News hosts have struggled to get our chaotic president off the phone. Last year, the hosts of Fox & Friends sat awkwardly as the president ranted about Robert Mueller's investigation, at time raising his voice nearly to the point of shouting. “We could talk to you all day, but...” host Brian Kilmeade interjected, trying to bring Trump's screed to an end.

“You could,” the president agreed. Check out the deeply awkward interview below.

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Gabrielle Bruney Gabrielle Bruney is a writer and editor for Esquire, where she focuses on politics and culture.

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