To some the presence of Rupert Murdoch, sitting feet away from Donald Trump inside the Oval office, was a signal that the media mogul is one of the President’s new right-hand men.For News Corp, Murdoch remains a valuable emissary,

Trump has attacked some of Murdoch’s media outlets in recent years for not being loyal enough to him, including Fox News. The post Trump Showers ‘Legendary Rupert Murdoch’ With Praise in Oval Office Gaggle: ‘In a Class by Himself’ first appeared on Mediaite.

The Fox mogul made the pilgrimage to the White House to stand where plenty of tech executives have made a pointed show of teaming with the president.

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board needled Donald Trump for relenting on his tariffs just hours after the president called out the paper’s billionaire owner, Rupert Murdoch, while he was in the Oval Office.

Trump fumes about Wall Street Journal with Rupert Murdoch right next to him - ‘I’m gonna have to talk to him about that,’ Donald Trump said on Monday after a reporter asked if the pause in Mexico tariffs was due to a recent Wall Street Journal editorial.