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The New York Times opinion took a bold stance against former President Donald Trump on Sunday morning as other major newspapers The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post each played hot potato with the 2024 election last week.
Southern California’s most influential print publication announced it would not endorse a candidate in this year’s race – leading to some staff defections. The Post similarly punted on an endorsement.
Screenshots of Post subscribers canceling on the paper were plentiful on social media. Internal and external criticism also made the Post fodder for negative attention.
The Times‘ Sunday opinion page garnered its own reactions with a front page that boldly stated:
DONALD TRUMPSAYS HE WILLPROSECUTE HISENEMIESORDERMASS DEPORTATIONSUSE SOLDIERSAGAINST CITIZENSABANDON ALLIESPLAY POLITICSWITH DISASTERSBELIEVE HIM.
Times‘ editorial board member Brent Staples shared a photo of the Sunday edition on X, formerly Twitter, and commented, “The Sunday @nytopinion – for those who have forgotten how it’s done.”
Observers on the left praised the Times for its attention-grabbing front page:
The Times editorial board — which
It is hard to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than Donald Trump. He has proved himself morally unfit for an office that asks its occupant to put the good of the nation above self-interest. He has proved himself temperamentally unfit for a role that requires the very qualities — wisdom, honesty, empathy, courage, restraint, humility, discipline — that he most lacks.Those disqualifying characteristics are compounded by everything else that limits his ability to fulfill the duties of the president: his many criminal charges, his advancing age, his fundamental lack of interest in policy and his increasingly bizarre cast of associates.