The United States is "by far" more difficult to deal with than are Russia, China, and North Korea because of the "very deceptive people" in the federal government, President Donald Trump said in an extensive Election Day interview Tuesday.
"You deal with people that are very deceptive, but they’ll go, 'Mr. President, tell me, who is the country that’s most difficult to deal with? Is it Russia, is it China, is it North Korea? Sir, is it North Korea?'" Trump told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "No, by far, the most difficult country to deal with is the U.S. It’s not even close. And they all say, 'You have to be kidding.' No, I’m actually probably not." He singled out Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., calling him a "very sick person," but added that "we just deal with" the most difficult people.
"The inner workings of the U.S. (government), very difficult," said Trump, unless you want to sit there and do nothing or unless you want to do everything that they want and we don't want to do that."
Trump also complained about Fox News airing appearances and comments by his Democrat rival Joe Biden, telling the early morning hosts that "Fox puts him on more than anybody else, which is sort of shocking to me because Fox has changed a lot."
"Somebody said, what's the biggest difference between this and four years ago and I say, Fox," he added, telling the show's hosts that "you still have great people. You're three of them."
Show co-host Brian Kilmeade defended the network and insisted that he doesn't think running stories about Biden means an endorsement.
"In the old days they wouldn't put on Sleepy Joe every time he had opened his mouth," Trump retorted. "They had other networks for that, frankly. It's a much different operation, I'm just telling you it's much different ... I'm not complaining, I'm just telling people. It's one of the biggest differences of this season compared to last. "
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