On Sunday, July 13, Donald Trump hosted Rupert Murdoch in his suite to watch the FIFA Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Murdoch’s attendance at the high-profile soccer match further signaled that Trump and the 94-year-old media mogul had reached a détente after years of hostilities. In February, Murdoch joined Trump in the Oval Office, where the president lavished him with praise. “Rupert Murdoch is in a class by himself—he’s an amazing guy,” Trump told reporters as Murdoch looked on approvingly from across the room.

Four days after the FIFA match, Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal shattered the peace. The paper reported that Trump had contributed a signed drawing of a naked woman as part of a 50th-birthday gift for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Happy B

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