The hug says it all: Trump + Rupert Murdoch embrace in NY – UGH!

Australian media titan Rupert Murdoch got a special greeting from Donald Trump on Thursday night: a presidential hug in front of a global audience including his nation’s prime minister.

Murdoch, 86, introduced Trump during an American Australian Association gala event aboard the USS Intrepid, a decommissioned World War II aircraft carrier docked in New York Harbor.

As he left the state and Trump rose to take his place, the two men embraced.

These are dangerous times,’ Murdoch told Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and other gathered dignitaries, ‘and we must be, as this great carrier is called, “Intrepid,” that is to say, fearless and bold in our resolve to advance the frontiers of freedom, and in defense of our nation’s shores.’

‘We must also be bold and unafraid to think differently in dealing with the challenges we face. The man I’m about to introduce believes, as I do, in challenging conventional wisdom – because conventional wisdom is often not wise at all.’

Turnbull had said moments before that together the U.S. and Australia ‘condemn and resist the reckless provocations of North Korea.’

‘We fight together in Iraq and Afghanistan to defeat and destroy the terrorists who threaten our way of life.’

Trump began his remarks by praising Murdoch: ‘There’s only one Rupert. That we know.’

He said his longtime friend had worked tirelessly for decades to foster strong ties between the U.S. and Australia, and wasn’t above shaking him down for annual donations to the American Australian Association…

Source: Trump and Rupert Murdoch embrace before New York speech  | Daily Mail Online