Myra Adams at the Washington Examiner is reporting this morning that she’s confirmed, via a well-informed Trump insider, that a Trump media outlet is in the works as ‘plan B’ if Trump loses the election:
WASHINGTON EXAMINER – Trump’s impending defeat is leading to a chorus of media speculation about his post-election plans. The two most oft-cited assumptions are:
Trump will not quietly fade into the background.
Trump will eventually launch a “Trump TV” media venture.
After speaking with a well-informed Trump insider (name asked to be withheld), I can confirm that both assumptions are true.
As all things Trump, it will be a family business:
…According to the Trump insider who told me that if Trump loses this media project is definitely in the works – the brand may be “Trump” but the driving force has a different last name. “It’s all Jared” my contact stated emphatically.
“Jared” of course is Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband who also doubles as Donald Trump’s de facto campaign manager.
So while Breitbart’s Bannon may be part of it, Jared will be leading the new media venture:
Bannon considered a media and business genius (and occasional bomb-thrower) took over the Breitbart organization after the founder’s untimely death in 2012. Since then, Bannon built Breitbart into a wildly successful news and new media company. As proof of its growing conservative influence, the New York Times, in a recent media/business piece about the company had as its opening sentence, “Breitbart News has arrived.”
But my Trump insider downplays Bannon’s involvement in a future Trump TV/internet venture, insisting that Jared will lead the way. Offering more insight, my contact says it is unlikely that Trump will star in or host most of the programming given Trump’s problem with “attention span.” Certainly, Trump will be the face of the venture and its flagship programming, but he will appear “no more than once a day or even once a week.”
This was the speculation when Breitbart took over the campaign a few weeks ago. If this report is true, then it sounds like the new alt-right will have their own media outlet.
Can’t. Wait.