Is there a power shift in play?
Murdoch meets in the late hours with McConnell. Fox News goes off Twitter (allegedly because of doxing of Tucker, but that seems trivial.)
Are the right wing media pulling Trump support? Let’s look at the signs. 1/
Fox News with some less than glowing headlines:
And Fox News telling Trump not to fire Mueller:
Now what about Twitter accounts? @RealJamesWoods is organizing support for victims of the Camp fire, with Russians bots backing him. @DRUDGE_REPORT is tweeting :
And the Russian bots/trolls? Currently, their trending hashtags have nothing to do with Trump. A first? Screen shots from Hamilton 68 dashboard.securingdemocracy.org
And of course the WSJ (owned by Murdoch) publishes this Trump report. Of note the WSJ has excellent reporting. Their editorial board is primarily pushing propaganda since Murdoch stepped in.
I appreciate this is speculation, but certainly it is something you can keep an eye on. ☺️
If Trump has support withdrawn by Fox pundits, he will be enraged. Currently their media ‘nurture’ him. We could see Trump psychologically traumatized and lashing out in a dramatically escalated fashion.
Fox News Judge Napolitano suggests Trump’s appointment of Whitaker is questionable, based on post Watergate statutes (2 days ago)
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