Summary
The Wall Street Journal slammed Trump’s new 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada as “the dumbest” move, warning they harm allies, not adversaries.
The editorial suggested retaliation could pressure Trump to reverse course. The stock market reacted negatively, showing concerns about Trump’s economic policies in a second term.
The Journal also recently criticized Trump’s stance on Ukraine, U.S. withdrawal from Europe, and his sovereign wealth fund plans, highlighting broader worries about his policy direction.
It’s not a great sign when the wsj is harder on trump than the Washington Post or NYT is. Really shows the capture of those institutions are complete
I suspect that has more to do about how nerfed the two other papers are, than the wsj finding this a bridge too far
WSJ is targeted at finance types and like The Financial Times they don’t care if you are progressive or conservative if you overtly fuck up the economy.
They don’t care if you overtly fuck up the economy as long as it benefits the already extremely privileged.
That’s simply not true.
Bezos admitted it this week. Openly.
Bezos has nothing to do with the Wall St Journal. WSJ is owned by NewsCorp.
Oh my bad I was confusing it with Washington Post
But really what Bezos said there publicly is every major newspaper these days.
I figured as much but in this case the WSJ and FT really do care about fiscal responsibility.