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Whatever platform he decides to use, Trump plans to seek vengeance against those he believes have betrayed him — a group that includes Fox News Channel, which Trump had long praised for the sycophantic coverage on some of its programs but now seeks to punish.
Trump has railed privately about the presidential debate moderated by Fox’s Chris Wallace, the fact that the network was the first major news network to call Arizona for Biden and that one of Fox’s correspondents confirmed the Atlantic’s reporting that Trump had called military service members “suckers” and “losers.”
“He is really angry with Fox,” said Ruddy, who runs Newsmax, a conservative media company whose cable channel the president has promoted as a Fox alternative.
There is also pressure on Trump to monetize his post-presidency in light of his personal debt and legal troubles. He has payments due over the next four years of more than $400 million in loans and could incur substantial legal fees related to a number of investigations and lawsuits.
Aides expect Trump may want to stage rallies in his post-presidency, noting that speaking at rallies was his favorite part of being president because he fed off the energy of his boisterous crowds.
“If you can [get] 30,000 people to show up and you charge them $5, that’s real money,” said one Republican in frequent touch with the White House.
I just need Ashton Kutcher to run in from a back room and tell us we been Punk’d