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Key Rupert Murdoch Ally Robert Thomson, CEO Of News Corp, Sees “Early Trump 2 Turmoil” Easing Up Soon: “This Is Not A Permanent Revolution”


Robert Thomson, an ally of Rupert Murdoch and CEO of News Corp, said the "turmoil" of President Donald Trump's second term will ease in the coming months.

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Thomson said the whirlwind early weeks of Trump’s second term have unfolded at a pace that cannot be sustained. Over the decade of Trump emerging as a prominent figure in presidential politics, Murdoch’s relationship with him has fluctuated noticeably, but has recently landed in a generally pragmatic place. Thomson himself, during a quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts last month, hailed Trump’s election win for lifting the “yoke of woke” from U.S. businesses.

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