Murdoch was the longtime head of News Corp — which owns The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.
FILE - Rupert Murdoch attends the WSJ. Magazine 2017 Innovator Awards at The Museum of Modern Art in New York on Nov. 1, 2017. So much so the incoming president announced on social media Wednesday that “somebody over there ought to look at what they’re doing” despite Trump having a longstanding relationship with the newspaper’s owner,
“The Wall Street Journal is becoming more and more obnoxious and unreadable. Today’s main headline is: “Trump’s DEA Pick Pulls Out In Latest Setback.” With all that’s happening in the World, this is their Number One story of the day. Besides, he didn’t pull out, I pulled him out, because I did not like what he said to my pastors and other supporters.
And Trump has made no secrets about bringing his complaints against News Corps organizations directly to Murdoch.Trump was referring to his original pick for the Drug Enforcement Administration, Chad Chronister, who announced this week he was taking his name out of the running for the job. The sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, said Tuesday in a post on X that he was backing away from the opportunity, which he called “the honor of a lifetime.
“Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,” Chronister wrote. He did not elaborate.Chronister had faced backlash from some conservatives, who raised concerns over his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and his saying that his office “does not engage in federal immigration enforcement activities.
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