Rupert Murdoch's New York Post — a paper founded by Alexander Hamilton, which now trawls the sewer’s bottom — is not a liberal rag. Nor is it aimed at the ‘elite’ — although many read it sub rosa for titillation. Today’s lead story, for instance, was “NYC teacher accused of sexual relationship with mentally ill student”. Yet, it has looked MAGA in the eye and said their leader is a washed-up has-been.
In today’s issue, the NY Post’s editorial board — a fancy name for a ravening horde of usually fact-free fabulists — explained that the former President should not be the future MAGA King.
Under the headline "Trump won’t change, and that shows he can’t win" the newspaper laid out its rationale. The editorial starts by pointing out that Trump is a thug.
“As some of his allies are trying to rewrite January 6 as an afternoon stroll, Donald Trump is having none of it. In the face of a possible criminal case in New York, he screamed that “death and destruction” would follow any indictment. He posed with a baseball bat aimed at the head of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
THIS is Donald Trump.”
It continues by pointing out all the ways Trump is a punk.
“He hasn’t changed in the slightest. There is no shame. After riling up rioters, cheering for a coup, and agreeing that his vice president needed to be hanged, he’s back to making violent threats against fellow Americans.”
The paper then slams Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as a partisan hack who has unfairly inflated a misdemeanor into a felony. However, it also adds that Trump is a violent and ineffective idiot who does not give a shit about MAGA.
“But rather than seek his vindication in the courtroom, or even just make an impassioned speech, Trump wants to inspire a mob. Time and time again, Trump’s responses have been unhinged, indicative, and self-defeating. And don’t buy for a second when he says he’s “fighting for you.”
If you actually “rose up” and were arrested, Trump would abandon you, just as he has every ally who wasn’t useful to him anymore. What did he do for those locked up for months over Jan. 6? What cash did he hand over for the candidates he endorsed in the recent midterm elections he torpedoed for Republicans?”
After the editorial reports how the Trump non-stop avarice machine will swamp anyone who has given money to Trump with constant demands for more, the paper says there is much wrong with America. It then slams Trump as uninterested in tackling those wrongs — adding that the MAGA cult leader is a small-minded, unAmerican egotist.
“But Trump is not trying to make America a better place. He’s not offering anyone apart from himself a better future. He’s out for revenge. This is how Trump has been spending his time since announcing his run for president. Stewing in Mar-a-Lago. No grievance is too small.”
The Post then arrives at the meat of the piece — pointing out that Trump is an unelectable fart who cannot do anything for the average Joe.
“The emperor has no clothes. You want a leader who will fight for you? Then you have to pick someone who can actually get elected.”
So far, the editorial has received 2,200+ comments. My unscientific estimate is that they run about 75% saying that Trump is a loudmouth bum who did not accomplish anything — to 25% saying that the mainstream media is spinning the news. Unsurprisingly, those complaining about the MSM do not mention any Trump accomplishments.
New York is not the US. And NY Republicans do not tend to be ultra-MAGAs (Elise Stefanik is a notable exception, and God only knows what George Santos is). But the RNC — and any other conservative looking to promote a winning GOP — should consider that Republicans flipped four NY Democratic House seats in the 2022 midterms — their best performance in any state, including Florida.
The good news for liberals is that MAGA seems determined to nominate the mephitic moron — despite the NY Post’s plea.