Does Eric Trump even know he's lying? Hard to tell. Does the Fox News audience know he's lying? Doesn't matter. This is a puppet show, where Donald Trump's not very smart son defends his dad with the same lies his dad tells. And the Fox and Friends puppets nod and thank him. Fox News is there to tell comfortable lies to comfortable people. Transcript via Media Matters: BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): Every time there's an international incident, they say, well, the president is too nice to Vladimir Putin, that's because he has so many investments in Russia.