Fox News uses old clip of Trump after he wore hat while saluting slain US soldiers

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/fox-news-trump-hat-salute-military

The president had stirred outrage online by failing to remove his Trump-brand white hat during the ritual homecoming at Dover air force base in Delaware on Saturday for six army reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait.

The president was photographed on Sunday wearing the same hat as he golfed in Florida. The white hat, with gold USA letters on the front and the embroidered numbers 45 and 47 on the side, in honor of Trump’s terms as the 45th and 47th president, is sold online at the Trump Store.

Trump and Fox News producers are well aware that behavior considered undignified by presidents at ceremonies for US war dead can be politically toxic. In 2021, when Joe Biden was caught on camera checking his watch at the end of a dignified transfer ceremony for troops killed in Afghanistan, the moment went viral online, was shown repeatedly on Fox News – including with an angry commentary from then Fox host Pete Hegseth – and ended up in a 2024 Trump campaign ad.

A Fox News spokesperson said in a statement to the Guardian: “Fox News Media programs inadvertently aired file footage from a previous dignified transfer while discussing yesterday’s ceremony at Dover Air Force Base. The archival footage was mistakenly used during the video sourcing process. We regret the error and apologize for the incorrect footage.”