Posting on Truth Social, President Donald Trump went nuclear on the Wall Street Journal, which has previously slandered him with a letter to Epstein that President Trump alleges is quite fake, for being “China centric” in its published worldview, as it has downplayed the effects of his tariff in a seeming attempt to downplay the positive effects of economic nationalism.
As background, though the WSJ is ostensibly a center-right publication, it has been extremely hostile to President Trump over his use of tariffs to protect the American economy and American industry. Further, when the Epstein issue exploded back into the public eye, it attacked President Trump by publishing a letter it alleges he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting that they had a closer acquaintanceship than has previously been admitted.
In the wake of that incident, the president has been implacably hostile to the newspaper, and has taken time on Truth Social to attack it. Doing so on Thursday, August 7, the president accused the paper of having pro-China sentiments and said that America would keep winning regardless of what it said.
Beginning, the president hammered the WSJ’s editorial board as being implacably and unfairly hostile to him. He wrote, commenting on the massive success of tariffs so far, “The reason that The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is always negative on ‘TRUMP,’ and the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars we’re bringing into our Country through Tariffs.”
Continuing, he got to the point about the WSJ being pro-China and pro-globalist rather than being pro-American. He said, referencing the tariff numbers as “numbers that the U.S.A. has never seen before, is because they are China centric or, at a minimum, Globalists, and they would rather see China and the World, for reasons unknown, ‘WIN, BABY, WIN.’”
He then explained that tariffs are necessary because otherwise America will be left defenseless to the predations of other nations, such as the PRC that the WSJ was taking the side of. He said, “If the United States were not able to charge Tariffs to other Countries, it would be Economically defenseless and, of no further force or effect.”
Concluding, the president called out the crooked politicians, judges, and media figures who have done so much to leave America defenseless and risk destroying it with terrible policies. He said, “The only thing that can destroy our Country are Crooked, Radical Left Judges, of which there are many!”
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Posting about his lawsuit against the WSJ in mid-July, after it released the letter that he says is fake, President Trump said, “BREAKING NEWS: We have just filed a POWERHOUSE Lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS “article” in the useless “rag” that is, The Wall Street Journal. This historic legal action is being brought against the so-called authors of this defamation, the now fully disgraced WSJ, as well as its corporate owners and affiliates, with Rupert Murdoch and Robert Thomson (whatever his role is!) at the top of the list.”
He continued, “We have proudly held to account ABC and George Slopadopoulos, CBS and 60 Minutes, The Fake Pulitzer Prizes, and many others who deal in, and push, disgusting LIES, and even FRAUD, to the American People. This lawsuit is filed not only on behalf of your favorite President, ME, but also in order to continue standing up for ALL Americans who will no longer tolerate the abusive wrongdoings of the Fake News Media. I hope Rupert and his “friends” are looking forward to the many hours of depositions and testimonies they will have to provide in this case. Thank you for your attention to this matter. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”