It was the US president, dialling in from Air Force One to have a word with the British editor of the Wall Street Journal. Earlier that day Mr Trump had been announcing an AI investment package in Pittsburgh. Mr Trump had used his signature to represent pubic hair, it is alleged. The report was certainly salacious; it sparked further questions about Mr Trump’s relationship with the paedophile financier. But it also brought Mr Trump into open conflict with one of the world’s most powerful media moguls, the Wall Street Journal owner Rupert Murdoch.

Source: The Times July 21, 2025 12:20 UTC