NY Post's endorsement of Trump reads like a grade school progress report for a behavioral problem kid.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 15, 2016
Donald Trump received the endorsement of the New York Post:
The Post endorses Donald Trump https://t.co/bGIxG1DnZO pic.twitter.com/1lC8E4Xi89
— New York Post (@nypost) April 15, 2016
Shorter NY Post: Trump is wrong about everything but we think he'll change later so we endorse him pic.twitter.com/QnLTZIzEgc
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) April 15, 2016
According to the Post, Trump the current candidate has flaws, but the paper’s editorial board believes that if Trump wins the GOP nomination, he’ll be an improved candidate in the general:
Should he win the nomination, we expect Trump to pivot — not just on the issues, but in his manner. The post-pivot Trump needs to be more presidential: better informed on policy, more self-disciplined and less thin-skinned.
Yet the promise is clearly there in the rookie who is, after all, leading the field as the finals near.
That’s a very lukewarm endorsement, and the Post heard about it:
So they’re endorsing the guy they hope he’ll be, not the guy he is? What could go wrong? https://t.co/COGCPiqppV
— Tele (@LynnInOhio) April 15, 2016
They endorse him because he might change. Yeah, makes total sense. #Trump https://t.co/YGRRtvimTz
— Sam (@Room2Bleu) April 15, 2016
This seems a very thin reed on which to hang an endorsement. https://t.co/uDCcxq2L3z pic.twitter.com/59hhiGDDZi
— Matthew Continetti (@continetti) April 15, 2016
I've loved the @NYPost all my reading life. I'm proud they carry my column. But they are heartbreakingly wrong.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 15, 2016
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GOP consultant Rick Wilson offered his take on the Post’s Trump endorsement:
1/ @nypost endorsement is absurd. One doesn't wave a wand and become "more presidential" https://t.co/0yFpyXTbJY pic.twitter.com/x24dxhy6Lu
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 15, 2016
2/ In what world does anyone expect Trump to magically become "less thin-skinned." It's definitional to his character.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 15, 2016
3/ The Post, reflecting the sensibility that informs Trumpisma, flatly admits he's an uninformed, dangerous a-hole. They. Don't. Care.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 15, 2016
4/ Laugh line: "He’s challenging the victim culture"…Trump's endless whine is nothing BUT a complaint about imagined victimization.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 15, 2016
5/ The Evil Establishment. The wily mandarins of CHY-na. The Mexican rapist army. Megyn Kelly. 75% of his TL is "Whaaa I'm a victim!"
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 15, 2016
6/ Nothing in Trump's record indicates this is true. Literally, nothing. https://t.co/Lo2XsuXUy0 pic.twitter.com/3gKzcX15Mu
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 15, 2016