And somewhat surprisngly, some old foxy friends of Iran-war-pushing-globalist-neocon funded former reality TV star/businessman turned populist politician also got very mean to him near the end:
FOXNEWS brings president to his knees...
With some exceptions, many leading lights of the Republican Party have spent the last four years cowering before President Trump, worried that getting on his bad side would put an end to their political careers. It turns out there is one man impervious to Trump's bullying and bluster, however — Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News.
The New York Times on Wednesday reported that Fox's Tuesday night decision to call the Arizona race for Joe Biden sent Trump into
a rage. Jason Miller called Fox executives and asked them to retract the call, then went
on Twitter to accuse the network of something akin to Electoral Fraud.
He wrote: "There are still 1M+ Election Day votes out there waiting to be counted - we pushed our people to vote on Election Day, but now Fox News is trying to invalidate their votes!"
The efforts to change Fox's call didn't end there. Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, called network owner Rupert Murdoch to ask for a retraction. No dice. Trump himself also tried to intervene with Murdoch.
"According to a source, Trump phoned Fox owner Rupert Murdoch to scream about the call and demand a retraction,"
Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman
reported. "Murdoch refused, and the call stood."
The president's obsession with Fox's call of Arizona — which was
still ongoing as of Thursday morning — was a bit odd. Whether or not the network's call was correct, it also makes zero difference as to how actual votes will be counted, and who will really win the election. The argument is entirely about appearances.
But the incident is interesting for what it reveals about the nature of power in today's GOP. It may not be quite as Trump-centric as we thought.
The president's sway over the party has been considerable. Once-fierce critics of Trump — Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — turned supine once he won the presidency. Those who didn't, like former Sens. Bob Corker (R-Ten.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), soon found themselves on the outs with the party. Even die-hard loyalists who showed a little bit of independence, like former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, found their careers wrecked.