Yes, Rupert Murdoch has turned on Trump. It's been years in the making. A quick thead:
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Remember, he never really liked him: twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/, as we all know, Rupert settled in for a nice ride during the Trump administration. Above all, Rupert is a businessman and a pragmatist and Trump was good for business.
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When is Donald Trump going to stop embarrassing his friends, let
alone the whole country?
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But the pandemic changed the relationship. Rupert sent emissaries to try to get Trump to take Covid-19 seriously. Trump didn’t. So Rupert started telling his aides that Trump was going to lose and he was ready for a Biden presidency:
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For brevity, skip election denialism on Fox and lawsuits from Dominion and Smartmatic. But Rupert learned the real-world costs of supporting Trump at all costs. And Rupert has been telling people for a while that Trump is harming GOP chances in 2024:
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So while these headlines post mid-term are the latest in a long deterioration in the relationship, it’s not a shock. Worth remembering that Rupert doesn’t go out on a limb politically. For a summary, have a listen:
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of course, Rupert can always change his mind, as he has done before. And he's chased after Trump, notably following the Arizona call, when some Fox loyalists temporarily jumped to Newsmax. A good piece on this:
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I hear what you're saying, but he's been temporarily abandoned before: most notably, post-Insurrection. Then, after a few weeks...back to a warm embrace. While this seems potentially final, we've been here many times before.
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Everyone has wanted to dump Trump but few had the chutzpah to say so. Now that his brand of antiamericanism has failed, they finally feel brave enough to eat their own.
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