Eric Trump on Tuesday jumped to Fox News' Sean Hannity rescue, by saying Hannity is the world's foremost patriot.

"You know him well, I know him very well and he's a fantastic person," Trump said in a Fox News interview. "By the way, there is no better patriot in the world than Sean Hannity."

"I mean, he's just a great, great man. He has strong beliefs, and you know, beliefs are what get America to a great place," he said.

Hannity is a strong supporter of Trump, but has come under criticism this week by former anchor Ted Koppel, who said people like Hannity who have opinion shows are bad for the country.



"You think we're bad for America? You think I'm bad for America?" Hannity asked Koppel in an interview that ran on CBS Sunday morning.

"Yeah," Koppel said. "In the long haul, I think you and all these opinion shows ... no, you know why? Because you're very good at what you do, and ... you have attracted people who are determined that ideology is more important than facts."

Hannity complained after that segment aired that Koppel used just over a minute of a more than 45-minute conversation they had.