My take, everyone knows that riding the Trump train is like holding the tail of a tiger.
The problem is that its no use hoping for some form of off ramp, I speculate that cynical Fox News network at that time was hoping for some “off ramp” thinking they could get off the Trump train. Every never-Trump Republican thinks there is some kind of “off ramp,” some negotiated settlement with the Democrats. The Democratic party is run by people who are revolutionaries. They are so committed to the remaking of the country that there is no real “off-ramp,” there is no negotiated peace.
Its not possible.
And too many Republicans are their partners, because the Democrats actually have infiltrated the Republican Party over the years, just enough to render it useless, in terms of a real opposition party.
Fox News is blaming Trump for the Dominion lawsuit situation and Rupert Murdoch has already issued his marching orders to Fox News talent and staff for 2024.