Donald Trump Finally Weighs in on Rupert Murdoch’s Retirement
The former president took nearly a day to respond to the news, writing in a subdued post that he didn’t force Murdoch to retire.
Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Donald Trump has finally responded to Rupert Murdoch’s decision to retire as chairman of Fox Corporation and executive chairman at News Corp. In a Friday post on Truth Social, the former president denied claims that he “forced” Murdoch into retirement. In an interview scheduled to air next week with National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam, Trump said Murdoch may have stepped down after putting “everything against DeSanctimonious” and appearing to lose. Trump turned on Fox News after it correctly called the 2020 election for Joe Biden, and the network’s viewership dropped precipitously when the company fired host Tucker Carlson in the wake of a $787 million defamation settlement for promoting Trump’s baseless election-fraud crusade. Murdoch announced on Thursday that he would become the chairman emeritus at Fox while his son Lachlan would step into his shoes.
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