President Donald Trump's top allies are sending a clear message to News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch after his media empire engaged in a systematic campaign against Vice President JD Vance following disappointing GOP losses in the recent U.S. midterm elections.
Sources close to the President, both inside and outside government, have taken notice of the relentless smear campaign waged by Fox News, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal – three prominent Murdoch properties. This coordinated effort appears designed to both push for deeper entanglement in Iran, despite its disastrous political consequences for Republicans, and to discredit Vice President Vance or anyone who dares to speak against such costly foreign adventurism.
The New York Post, for instance, brazenly ran a headline, attempting to frame the Vice President: Fox News followed suit with its own narrative, and the Wall Street Journal editorial board, predictably, wasted no time in attacking Vance as well:
These coordinated media assaults all erupted after Vice President Vance sharply criticized the war in Iran, identifying it as a major contributing factor to the Republican Party's historic setbacks in the midterm elections:
Predictably, many within the globalist media establishment, particularly at Murdoch's properties, seized on Vance's comments. Their aim was clear: to create a wedge between President Trump and his Vice President. But their efforts were quickly exposed as futile.
In a powerful statement of unity and strategic foresight, President Trump himself, during his 60 Minutes interview, not only staunchly backed Vance but went even further in echoing widespread American public sentiment regarding foreign policy, specifically concerning Israel and the broader Middle East.
With attempts to divide Trump and Vance demonstrably failing, the Murdoch properties' continued push of these discredited narratives appears baffling – unless, of course, the true objective is to derail Vance's potential 2028 presidential bid and usher in a more globalist-friendly GOP nominee. Such a candidate would be more amenable to Murdoch's long-standing objectives: open borders, trade policies that prioritize global corporate interests over American sovereignty, and a foreign policy that encourages endless military interventions abroad.
This agenda has not gone unnoticed in Trump world, which rightly views these efforts as dangerous, even if ultimately destined for failure. One senior administration official, speaking to Breitbart News, specifically called out Fox News hosts Mark Levin and Brian Kilmeade, as well as columnist Marc Thiessen – a frequent network guest who has consistently advocated for dramatic U.S. escalation against Iran throughout the year, while conveniently downplaying the severe political fallout such actions could entail.
“How many different Fox News talking heads are responsible for talking the President into this mess in the first place?” a senior Trump administration official told Breitbart News. “Mark Levin, Brian Kilmeade, Marc Thiessen, the list goes on. These morons all advocated, relentlessly for this shit show. They’ve all lost whatever credibility they once had in the White House.”
Further exposing the depth of this coordinated attack, a source familiar with the matter told Breitbart News that Murdoch himself has been personally contacting major GOP donors and Republican operatives since last Tuesday, insistently proclaiming that Trump has lost his relevance and that the MAGA movement is "dead and buried."
“Rupert Murdoch plans to use the midterm elections to end President Trump’s political career, takedown Vice President Vance, and wipeout the entire MAGA movement,” a Trump world operative revealed to Breitbart News. “And he’s going to use Fox News to do it.”
This is hardly the first time Murdoch's media outlets have attempted to dictate the future of the Republican Party, only to be rebuffed by the will of the American people. Long before the 2016 presidential election, Fox News anchors and personalities tirelessly tried to undermine Trump and bolster his GOP primary rivals. They failed spectacularly, and Trump went on to win. After a temporary truce during his first term, the hostilities resumed when Trump launched his bid for re-election in 2022, leading into the 2024 primary.
The network aggressively championed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as an alternative to Trump, again attempting to prevent the triumphant return of the now-President of the United States. Murdoch’s other properties, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal, mirrored this aggressive stance. And, once again, they failed.
Then, when it became undeniably clear that Trump would secure the GOP nomination for a third consecutive presidential election in 2024, Murdoch’s various media entities again went to work, desperately trying to pressure Trump into selecting anyone other than then-Senator Vance as his running mate. Murdoch’s entities failed yet again. The President, demonstrating his unwavering judgment, chose Vance as his vice-presidential pick, and the two proceeded to win the White House in a landslide, defeating then-Vice President Kamala Harris and sweeping all seven swing states that November. While another temporary rapprochement occurred between Trump world and Murdoch’s properties upon Trump’s return to the White House, that fragile peace is now clearly shattered by their post-midterm activities.
A veteran GOP operative from the victorious 2024 Trump campaign succinctly articulated the recurring pattern: Fox News and the other Murdoch properties routinely launch these attacks against populist nationalist Republicans—and they just as routinely fail. This operative pointed to the Murdoch empire’s futile efforts in the 2024 primary, referencing the derogatory nickname "Meatball" that Trump world often used for DeSantis.
“Every time a Republican primary begins, you can count on Rupert Murdoch to put his finger on the scale for the worst candidate imaginable,” this 2024 Trump campaign veteran said. “He did the same thing when he tried to anoint Meatball in 2024 and box President Trump out from returning to the White House. This is that exact same show all over again.”
The ongoing, desperate attempts by the globalist media establishment, led by Rupert Murdoch, to undermine the America First movement and its proven leaders like President Trump and Vice President Vance, serve only to highlight their own irrelevance and deep disconnect from the will of the American people. This latest failed maneuver is a stark reminder that the future of the Republican Party, and indeed America, will be decided not by corporate media moguls, but by the voters who continue to rally behind the principles of national sovereignty, common sense, and true American strength.
