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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRoger Ailes breaks away from ‘waste of time’ Trump just before the final debate
Roger Ailes breaks away from waste of time Trump just before the final debateby David Ferguson at Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/roger-ailes-breaks-away-from-waste-of-time-trump-just-before-the-final-debate/
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The souring of the two mens formerly collegial relationship could have implications for Trumps purported ambition to start his own TV network, Trump TV. When Ailes began advising the campaign within weeks of his separation from Fox News many media watchers speculated that Ailes was part of Trumps TV team, along with campaign CEO and Breitbart.com executive Steve Bannon.
The rupture in the mens years-long friendship comes just as Trump is weathering the storm of an ever-expanding sexual harassment scandal. The accusations against Trump are remarkably similar to those which ended Ailes reign atop Fox News. Both men are accused by multiple women of making unwanted sexual advances, inappropriate touching and kissing, fondling and coercion.
Ailes was personally sued in July by former Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson, who secretly taped Ailes in their private meetings. Carlson alleged that Ailes made multiple suggestions that they should enter into a sexual relationship, that frequently made off-color comments about her body and pressured her and the other women at Fox to dress more provocatively on the air.
Trump has been accused of sexual assault by more than a dozen women after leaked audio revealed him boasting to former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush that his fame allows him to kiss women with impunity and grab them by the pu**y without repercussions.
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Roger Ailes breaks away from ‘waste of time’ Trump just before the final debate (Original Post)
applegrove
Oct 2016
OP
That's the impression they'd like to give, but I believe they're still as thick as thieves. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2016
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)1. That's the impression they'd like to give, but I believe they're still as thick as thieves. n/t
localroger
(3,629 posts)2. I wouldn't be too sure
Trump has alienated everyone who's ever made the mistake of doing business with him. I suspect Ailes realizes Trump's campaign is circling the drain, and thought he could help Trump salvage it by giving him some media-savvy advice, but he's now realized that Trump does what Trump wants to do, and giving him advice is like watering a brick.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)3. The only thing Little Donnie wants from any man is money.
I'll bet that Roger didn't like the financial agreement drawn up by the Trumpsters for a possible biz venture, and he bailed.