Jared Kushner said he intervened to stop Donald Trump from attacking media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 2015, according to his upcoming memoir. In “Breaking History,” a copy of which was obtained by the Guardian, Kusher said his father-in-law was angered by Murdoch’s criticism of him while running in the Republican primary. “Trump called me. He had clearly had enough. “This guy is no good. And I’m going to tweet it,” Kushner writes in the book, according to the paper. “Please, you’re in a Republican primary,” I said, hoping he wasn’t going to post a negative tweet aimed at the most powerful man in conservative media. “No need to get on the wrong side Rupert. Give me a few hours to fix it.” In his book, Kushner claims he convinced a skeptical Murdoch to support his father-in-law, the Guardian reports, in what eventually became a pivotal relationship. Murdoch-owned Fox News has continued to play a major role in fueling Trump’s ascension from businessman and reality star to president. When Trump first entered politics in 2015, Murdoch openly criticized him, once tweeting: “When will Donald Trump stop embarrassing his friends, let alone the entire country?” Kushner writes that he visited the media mogul in July 2015 after Trump was angered by a New York Times story about Murdoch’s dim view of him. “‘Rupert, I think he could win,’ I said as we sat in his office. ‘You agree on a lot of things. You want smaller government. You want lower taxes. You want stronger borders,” Kushner writes. Kushner said Murdoch seemed surprised that Trump was serious about running, and the next day called Kushner that he may have “misjudged” the situation. “I looked at that and maybe I misjudged it. He actually has a real following. He seems to be very popular as he can really be king of the Republican primary with the way he’s playing it.” Murdoch told Kushner, according to the book. After convincing Murdoch that Trump wanted to be president, Kushner says they reached “a truce, for now.” Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson. Fox News Despite continued reports of tension between the two men over the years, Fox News has continued to support Trump throughout his tenure. However, the relationship became fraught when Fox News became the first major news outlet to call Arizona for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. It has previously been reported that Kushner called Murdoch on election night to question the move and that the media mogul told him the numbers were “ironclad”. Since his 2020 election loss, which Trump continues to deny, Fox News has begun to distance itself from him, often bypassing his coverage in favor of other Republicans. Kushner’s memoir, which chronicles his time as a senior adviser to Trump during his presidency, is due to be published on August 23.
