CEO Of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Says Donald Trump’s Election Win Lifted “Yoke Of Woke” From U.S. Businesses
deadline.comRobert Thomson, CEO of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, didn’t exactly tiptoe around the subject of politics when presiding over the company’s quarterly earnings call Wednesday.
During prepared remarks about the company’s fiscal second-quarter results, Thomson portrayed the Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris in rosy terms for corporate America.
Unlike Lachlan Murdoch, CEO of Murdoch’s other public media company, Fox Corp., who is generally more publicly coy and circumspect on the topic of Trump, Thomson struck a celebratory tone. “One rather general, generic post-election observation: We are seeing a tangible increase in confidence in U.S.
businesses since the election,” he said, making an exception for Trump’s haphazardly implemented tariffs. “There is the confluence of economic optimism and the cultural awakening with the yoke of woke having been lifted.
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