WSJ Editorial Board Rips Potential Trump Presidential Bid: More Dems Than Republicans ‘Will Be Elated’

Former President Donald Trump is expected to announce his third presidential campaign.

But, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board suggests Democrats may be the ones who are the most excited.

“Trump seems to be barreling ahead with an announcement Tuesday night that he plans to run for President again. The irony is that more Democrats than Republicans will be elated because they see him as the easiest candidate to beat one more time,” the editorial board wrote.

It continued, “Mr. Trump’s advisers urged him to hold off at least until the Dec. 6 Senate runoff in Georgia. But Mr. Trump is announcing now, long before he needs to, for two reasons. The first is to try to clear the Republican field of potential competitors, especially Govs. Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin, who have shown they can win in competitive states.”

The column noted he “had many policy successes: taxes and deregulation, energy security, judges, the Abraham Accords, correcting illusions about Iran, among others.”

“But his character flaws—narcissism, lack of self-control, abusive treatment of advisers, his puerile vendettas—interfered with that success. Before Covid he was headed for re-election. But the damage from his shutdown of the economy combined with his erratic behavior in that crisis gave Joe Biden the opening to campaign for normalcy. Mr. Trump lost a winnable election,” the board added.

It went on to suggest Trump might be “poised for a comeback” if he accepted his 2020 election loss. But instead, the column argued he “contested the outcome well past any reasonable limit,” and now the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol will “forever stain his legacy.”