Two of Fox News’s top evening hosts are heading to the Middle East next week, with their visit coinciding with President Donald Trump’s visit to the region.
Bret Baier and Sean Hannity will both be interviewing the president during this visit, which will take place beginning Tuesday and last for three days. Baier, the host of Special Report with Bret Baier, will interview Trump in the United Arab Emirates on May 16, while the Hannity host will conduct his interview at an undisclosed time at Air Force One, according to a press release.
Baier’s show will be conducted in the Middle East each night next week, whereas Hannity’s show will be held in the same region from Tuesday through Thursday. In addition to speaking to Trump, the network will also feature interviews with other world leaders, with their broadcasts being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Doha, Qatar, and the city of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE.
Fox News’s trip to the region comes as Baier ended April with an average of over three million viewers in the 6 p.m. EST time slot. Hannity, meanwhile, earned almost the same number of viewers with his show airing at 9 p.m. EST, getting 2.9 million viewers last month.
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Ahead of Trump’s visit to the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Israel for a meeting between him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz. Hegseth will then join Trump in Saudi Arabia.
In late April, the Trump Organization announced its first hotel and tower in the Middle East region, which will stand at 80 stories tall in the UAE. It is expected to take about four years to build, with an additional year being taken as a backup.