Murdoch Helped Trump Rise to Power
Former president Donald Trump, arguably the most successful online influencer of all time, had an incredible ally in Rupert Murdoch. Fox News stayed solidly behind the president all throughout his four-year White House stint, and during that time Trump would reportedly call Murdoch multiple times a week. Murdoch visited the White House several times less than a year into his presidency despite the frequent rumblings that he personally disliked Trump on a social level. Since leaving office, Trump has been wrapped up in the Truth Social saga and trying to stay out of jail.
As NPR noted in a 2017 report, Murdoch may have disagreed with Trump on issues such as mass deportations, but Fox News would become the bedrock of Trump’s messaging. Just a few slides later, you’ll see how that all shook out with the Dominion lawsuit.
