Drudge was one of the earliest major media figures to champion then candidate Trump in 2015 and acted as a de facto publicist on behalf of the campaign, according to former Trump campaign adviser Sam Nunberg, a claim he made in Matthew Lysiak’s biography The Drudge Revolution. Why the fall from grace? The answer is fairly straightforward: In Trump’s simple mind, those who exclusively praise him are good, and those who don’t are bad, no matter their shared history. He was a key player in helping the president win the 2016 Republican primary, and thus the presidency, and visited the White House early on-Trump once called him a “great gentleman” and treated his headlines like gospel. Matt Drudge has earned his place on the president’s hit list. It’s a safe bet, then, that this specific insult is reserved for those toward which Trump feels complete and utter disdain. ![]() For someone who repeats insults reflexively-“like a dog” and “choked” and “low energy” being prime examples-this shows remarkable restraint. It’s a club that includes just one other member: Vanity Fair, whose Oscar party the president declared “no longer ‘hot’” before he took office. ![]() Matt Drudge, the mysterious media maven, conservative kingmaker, and arguably the most influential news aggregator in history, has officially found himself on Donald Trump’s “no longer hot” list.
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