JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News executives [View all]
Source: The Independent
Saturday 19 July 2025 05:49 EDT
JD Vance took a quick day trip to Montana Tuesday afternoon to speak to right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan, who is the chief of both Fox News and its sister corporation News Corp., which publishes the New York Post and Wall Street Journal.
According to the Associated Press, the vice president’s secret meeting also included several executives from Fox News, the conservative cable giant that has largely carried Donald Trump’s water and helped staff up the president’s current administration.
A source familiar with the trip also confirmed to The Independent that the vice president spoke to both Murdochs and a group of executives from the right-wing network at the Murdoch family ranch near Dillon, Montana.
According to NBC Montana, Air Force Two landed in Butte – which is about 70 miles away from the Murdoch ranch – around 2:30 p.m. local time, resulting in a temporary flight restriction in the area. Politico Playbook would later report that the vice president’s plane would take off again shortly after nightfall, meaning Vance was only in the area for a matter of hours.
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