Trouble In Paradise? Ailes And Trump Reportedly No Longer Speaking

Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive officer of Fox News, speaks during the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive officer of Fox News, speaks during the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Donald Trump has reportedly lost a key ally in former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, who decided that advising the GOP presidential nominee was “a waste of time,” according to a Wednesday report.

Ailes and Trump fell out after the former Fox boss learned “that Trump couldn’t focus—surprise, surprise,” New York Magazine editor Gabriel Sherman told attendees at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, according to a report by Vanity Fair. “These debate prep sessions weren’t going anywhere.”

Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison reportedly offered an alternate explanation from the perspective of Trump’s campaign, saying that Ailes “kept going off on tangents and talking about his war stories” instead of helping Trump prepare.

In August, the New York Times reported that Ailes was helping Trump with debate prep. Campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks denied that Ailes was playing any “formal or informal role” in the Trump campaign, saying that Ailes was “not advising Mr. Trump or helping with debate prep.”

According to a report by the Washington Post, Ailes was not involved in preparing Trump for the second debate.

Ailes resigned from his position as Fox News executive after allegations of sexual harassment over the course of his tenure reached critical mass. Trump has faced a recent barrage of similar accusations spanning four decades as numerous women have come forward over the last week with stories of being inappropriately touched by the GOP nominee.

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  1. Avatar for estamm estamm says:

    “war stories”? Since Ailes was never in the military, it must be stories about war with his ‘talent’ at Fox. I’m sure that it had a war-like atmosphere at times.

  2. has a new name been added to the list of media conspirators keeping Cheeto Donnie from winning?

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Too many harassers chasing too few women?

  4. It’s like Brad and Angelina-- but with old fat pervs.

  5. Avatar for gopalb gopalb says:

    The fact that this train wreck of a campaign is still at 40% speaks to something wrong in the process.

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