Man, there’s a headline you wouldn’t have seen ever, certainly not before this past month, but it fits right in with what we see now about Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump going to war. This is spreading. Anti-Trump sentiment on the right is gaining traction like a brush fire in August and Trump world doesn’t seem able to rally any kind of a fire brigade to deal with it. Oh noes, what will Donald do? What if the forces he unleashed, the cultural conflagration he confected, now rally to consume him?
Starnes will be back to licking Trump’s boots by the end of the week.
Catering to the MAGA cult is how Starnes makes a living, and he knows MAGA will never abandon their God-king no matter what.
— USD Aeon (@JonyBagadonuts) July 17, 2025
I wouldn't be so sure. Fox News television is being silent as the tomb on the Epstein matter. But that doesn't seem to be the case with Fox News radio. And a lot of rural people listen to just that. This could be warming up MAGA for a leadership change.
— Ursula Faw (@ursulafaw56) July 19, 2025
He made a living catering to the MAGA cult, yes. No dispute. But the MAGA cult may be under new management. At the very least, it’s been pointed out endlessly, here and elsewhere, that Trump is not going to live forever. Just this past week he admitted publicly to having chronic venous insufficiency. That’s the only imperfection he’s ever admitted to, other than bone spurs to get out of the draft.
The man is 79, obese, has a terrible diet and doesn’t exercise. So he’s not likely to be on this side of the grass for another ten or twenty years, unlike people in his age bracket who have taken better care of themselves.
And he’s going to be out of office in 2028 in any event. I know, I know, there are rumors he’ll pull a coup d’etat and stay in power until death us do part. I don’t think that’s going to happen. Trump has only been in office six months tomorrow and he’s showing a lot of strain. He’s on his way out and this broadcast by Todd Starnes on Fox News radio is just one more piece of evidence.
And also bear in mind that Trump was not Rupert Murdoch’s choice for 2016 or for 2024. Murdoch has been ready to see the baton passed to somebody for a while now. Ron DeFuture DeSantis didn’t work out, but Murdoch is absolutely looking for the next Republican wunderkind.
Position: Super Hero
Brand: Superman
Applicants need to be well proportioned, with less than 3% body fat, look good in a leotard, can fly faster than a speeding bullet, yada yada yada.
Disqualifying attributes: wearing an adult diaper, using shoelifts, the use of discoloring pumpkin colored makeup, teeth caps, using a girdle, and the apparently thinly disguise of hair covering a bald head. Oh, and chronic venous insufficiency. Fat ankles are not Superman material.
Try the casting agent down the hall…there’s a part in a remake. He is a fit for you. His character is called Jabba the Hut.