Fox’s Wallace to interview Trump on Sunday

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will interview President Trump on Sunday at the White House, according to a Wednesday announcement from the network.

The interview “will focus on recent civil unrest across the country, the current status of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, the 2020 election, including the latest surrounding the Republican National Convention, among other topics,” per the announcement.

THIS SUNDAY: Chris Wallace will sit down with President Donald Trump in a must-see interview only on FOX News Sunday. Check your local listings. #FNS #FOXNews pic.twitter.com/SsW6XO9uoJ

— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) July 15, 2020

The appearance on “Fox News Sunday” will mark the president’s first Sunday morning show appearance since June 2019, when he sat down with “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd.

Trump last appeared on Wallace’s program in November 2018.

The president has criticized Wallace on several occasions, including in an April tweet following one edition of “Fox News Sunday” when he evoked the host’s late father, Mike Wallace, a longtime award-winning correspondent at CBS’s “60 Minutes.”

“Just watched Mike Wallace wannabe, Chris Wallace, on @FoxNews,” Trump tweeted at the time. “I am now convinced that he is even worse than Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Meet the Press(please!), or the people over at Deface the Nation. What the hell is happening to @FoxNews. It’s a whole new ballgame over there!”

Just watched Mike Wallace wannabe, Chris Wallace, on @FoxNews. I am now convinced that he is even worse than Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Meet the Press(please!), or the people over at Deface the Nation. What the hell is happening to @FoxNews. It’s a whole new ballgame over there!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2020

The new interview comes as President Trump continues to trail presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the RealClearPolitics index of polls by 8.8 points nationally.

Wallace has scored several big interviews with politicians on both sides of the aisle in recent months, including Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Vice President Pence.