President Donald Trump asked a federal court to expedite the deposition of Rupert Murdoch in his lawsuit over the Wall Street Journal ’s report about the alleged birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein because of concerns the 94-year-old media titan either won’t live long enough to testify at a potential trial or might not be alive.

Donald Trump asked a US court to order a swift deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch in the US president’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its July 17 article asserting Mr Trump’s name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A newspaper owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has yet again ripped into Donald “TACO” Trump for what it describes as reneging on his commitments and driving up the cost of living for the American people.