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    Trump is easy to manipulate and he loves the ultrawealthy, doesn’t understand jack shit and cares nothing for regulations or safety, just profit.

    So yes, people like Rupert Murdoch want him to be president and will try their darndest

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      From what I read Murdoch was actually super anti-Trump, which is hilarious (in a really depressing way) because Fox News not only essentially got the guy elected, but created and then exploited a culture that leans into populism in the first place, which is a perfect breeding ground for Trump-type personalities.

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        From what I read Murdoch was actually super anti-Trump,

        Really?

        I believe you, but seems rather counterintuitive. Although he is Australian born, so perhaps he just lacks the shortsightedness of his American peers?

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        was actually super anti-Trump

        my understanding was he became super-anti-trump towards the end of trump’s administration due to the constant fuckups and idiocy. was not that way originally.

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        Why wouldn’t he hate Trump. Trump stole his whole movement and handed it to white supremacists. Not that he’s not a white supremacist but it was his hate platform first.