The Wall Street Journal ‘The s editor launched a scary criticism of President Donald Trump, who characterized the recent FBI attack on Maryland Home and Office of the former National Security Adviser John Bolton as a “Vendetta campaign.”
The newspaper’s editorial board described Friday the morning operation as “Hard to see … as something other than fair.”
The conservative paper has long reprimanded Trump, even when its publisher, a subsidiary of right-wing media-Tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his Newscorp empire, has been on good terms with the president both in and out of the office.
The relationship that was acidified markedly after WSJ Published an article about an alleged “Bawdy” birthday letter to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which Trump claims is not found. The president filed a $ 10 billion defamation against Murdoch, the paper, its parent company Dow Jones and the journalists whose BYLINES appeared on the play.
Saturday, in a heavily formulated editor, the board claimed that “It becomes increasingly clear that revenge is a big part, perhaps the biggest part of how [Trump] will define success in its second period. “
Despite the president’s claims of ignorance of the raid, the publication highlighted his previous criticism of his former national security adviser and UN ambassador from his first period.
The editorial committee also noted the immediate termination of Bolton’s protective security details at Trump’s return to the White House despite threats to his life associated with actions against Iran.
“This is the kind of satisfactory evil that has increasingly defined Mr. Trump’s return to the office,” the board wrote.
The publication also directed sharp criticism on FBI director Kash Patel, who tweeted that “nobody is over the law” just minutes before the news of Bolton Raid broke.
“The president’s minions … do not serve as control of his worst impulses, as adults did in his first period,” the board wrote.
The Raidet on Bolton’s property took place shortly after several recent public appearances analyzing Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin a week ago, with a declared goal of negotiating a cessation of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Bolton, a frequent contributor to WSJAlso recently appeared on The daily beast Podcast, where he described Trump as “the world’s worst dealer” and claimed that the president struggled to focus on preparing for a 2018 summit with Putin because of watching a football game.
During Trump’s meeting with Putin, Bolton said Trump would surrender Alaska to Russia.
Friday morning Bolton wrote about an interview he did with NPR about Russia.
“Russia has not changed its goal: Drag Ukraine into a new Russian empire,” he wrote at X. “Moscow has demanded that Ukraine cede the territory it already has, and the rest of Donetsk, which has not been able to conquer. [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky will never do it. Meanwhile, the meetings continue because Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, but I don’t see these conversations making any progress. “
In a preface of 2024 to his memoir, The space where it happenedBolton wrote that Trump was “unsuitable” to be president and would seek retaliation against his political enemies if he returned to office.
The president tried to block the book’s publication and claimed that Bolton had postponed classified information, despite the book undergoing a comprehensive review before publication in the White House for such material.
Trump has, on his side, regularly and highly criticized Bolton, called him “stupid” and said he “blasted the Middle East.”
WSJ ‘The s editor had previously warned that Trump and his allies pursued political revenge, including in December 2024, weeks before his dedication.
“We said this was one of the risks of another Trump period, and it turns out to be worse than we imagined,” the board wrote.
A statement that outlines the purpose of the raid filed by the federal court remains sealed.
As for Trump’s trial aimed at the newspaper’s report of an alleged birthday card from the president of the deceased sex offender, the WSJThe parent company, Dow Jones, has said in a statement that it maintains “full confidence in the rigor and accuracy” of its reporting.