Christopher Ruddy

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  • 2016: Charles Ruddy ran the far-right website Newsmax and provided commentary on Trump's idiosyncratic political style. “Christopher Ruddy, the editor in chief of the conservative website Newsmax, said Mr. Trump's popularity was driven in part by the larger mistrust of traditional institutions, including the mainstream news media. ‘I'm not so sure he believes there's anything to these things, but I believe he enjoys the conversation about it; it keeps the script moving,’ said Mr. Ruddy, who wrote a book on the death of the former Clinton White House aide Vincent W. Foster Jr., which was ruled a suicide but remains a topic of conspiracy theories. Mr. Trump, Mr. Ruddy said, is using a stream-of-consciousness style, speaking ‘as if you were the neighbor next door or a friend of his.’ That ‘we're just chatting’ approach has let working-class voters see the New York plutocrat as someone to whom they can relate, Mr. Ruddy said. And by virtue of his newness as a phenomenon, he is able to withstand what could otherwise be withering scrutiny. ‘It works for him, where it wouldn't work for other people,’ Mr. Ruddy said.” (New York Times<i>, March 1, 2016) </ul>