“Mr. President … STOP INSANITY,” read the front page of the tabloid, famous for bizarre headlines. “You lost the election – see how to save your legacy.”
“Mr. President, it’s time to end this black charade,” wrote the Post’s editorial board. “You are rooting for an undemocratic coup.”
Fox News, owned by Fox Corp. de Murdoch, acknowledged that Biden is the elected president, despite the defense of prime-time presenters from Trump’s refusal to grant.
And in the Post itself, Murdoch’s top lieutenant, Colonel Allan, confirmed that he will retire from the paper in 2021. Allan was instrumental in pushing the Post in a pro-Trump direction. Last summer, for example, CNN reported that Allan ordered the removal of a story about a Trump sexual assault allegation.
But the new editorial was notable for its vehement rejection of Trump’s disinformation campaign about the election result and its multifaceted and fragile effort to remain in power.
The Post criticized Trump for undermining the election results long after his legal team found nothing to substantiate the widespread electoral fraud that would have tipped the scales in favor of Biden. The newspaper called Trump’s electoral lawyer Sidney Powell “crazy” and also said that he forgave former Trump NSA director Michael Flynn, who was a traitor for his suggestion that Trump impose martial law.
“We understand, Mr. President, that you are angry that you lost. But continuing on this path is ruinous. We offer this as a newspaper that endorsed you, that supported you: If you want to cement your influence, even set the stage for a future return, you must channel your fury into something more productive. “
The editorial insisted that Trump use his remaining days in office to fight for Republicans to win the two second-round Senate elections in Georgia, so that Democrats do not gain control of both chambers of the legislature. In addition to preventing Democrats from enacting laws and regulations that Republicans detest, the Post noted that a Democratic Senate could threaten the president’s legacy. Republicans would be licking their wounds and would be less likely to hear Trump, the Post argued.
“Democrats will try to dismiss it as an aberration of a mandate and, frankly, you are helping them to do that,” wrote the editorial board. “King Lear of Mar-a-Lago, speaking on the corruption of the world.”
“If you insist on spending your last days in office threatening to burn everything, that is how you will be remembered. Not as a revolutionary, but as the anarchist holding the match.”