I have to wonder if Fox News is beginning to separate itself from President Trump, because they’re using a forbidden phrase in their news releases:
The former president is “relieved” that he no longer has his finger on the Twitter trigger, the adviser says. Maybe it’s not a bad thing, Trump has told others, for him not to have to respond to every story and swipe.
Over the last two or three weeks the pundits has been buzzing over the former President and his minions’ refusal to admit that he’s, well, a former. “45th President” is the favored label.
If Fox News is violating this precept, does it mean that the President has accepted reality? Or is Fox News deciding that hewing a little closer to the truth is prudent in this new era of existential lawsuits? They may even see the former President as a lost cause and are casting about for their next Republican to whom to tie their sailboat.
The problem with that latter idea is that the very nature of narcissists like Trump is to drive out competitors; thus, the Party leadership is really quite drab. Sure, Hawley and Cruz will have their adherents, but in terms of candidates who can appeal to most or all of the Republican factions, there’s not really anyone.
The former President may find himself without any real allies in the news network category.
