The editorial board of Rupert Murdoch’s WSJ hits Trump where it hurts.
Summary
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board criticized Trump’s economic understanding after he linked interest rate cuts to tariffs on Truth Social.
The board called his analysis "intellectual confusion" and explained that inflation concerns make rate cuts unlikely.
While defending Trump from blame for rising prices, the Journal warned that mishandling inflation could damage his presidency.
The article also noted Trump’s past comments about influencing the Federal Reserve, urging him to avoid pressuring Chair Jerome Powell, as inflation could quickly erode his high approval ratings.
He doesn't care about damage to the presidency or the country, only personal damage to himself.
He doesn't care about approval ratings. Either he's just going to make himself president again, or he's termed out. Either way, approval ratings can get fucked in his eyes.
Thus, this whole article is an exercise in futility and dumbfuckery.
It's not written for Trump, it's written for all the monied interests to wake up and realize that if he steams full ahead with all of his plans they could lose a lot of money.
There is probably more nuance to it. The Post ensures the base stays loyal, this is to guide moneyed interests to try to persuade Trump to not do everything he is saying.
When you and your "buddies" business model is to make money off the destruction of our institutions, and off people's pain, then everything is going according to plan.