NY Times editorial says Trump’s victory is a ‘grave threat’ to republic

The New York Times editorial committee was despondent complete President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory, declaring his return to powerfulness was a “grave threat” to nan republic.

“American voters person made nan prime to return Donald Trump to nan White House, mounting nan federation connected a precarious people that nary 1 tin afloat foresee,” the committee wrote on Wednesday, later adding, “Mr. Trump’s predetermination poses a sedate threat to [the] republic, but he will not find nan semipermanent destiny of American democracy. That result remains successful nan hands of nan American people.”

Trump capped a stunning governmental comeback from his conclusion successful 2020 and impeachment complete nan January 6 Capitol riot with an emphatic win over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Winning backmost plaything states for illustration Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin, and making immense gains successful deep-blue states, Trump was declared nan victor by media outlets early Wednesday greeting and pledged to usher successful a “golden era” for nan United States.

The New York Times is not among those enthused astir Trump’s win.

“Over nan adjacent 4 years, Americans must beryllium clear-eyed astir nan threat to nan federation and its laws that will travel from its 47th president and beryllium prepared to workout their authorities successful defense of nan state and nan people, laws, institutions and values that person kept it strong,” nan Times wrote.

It added each Americans should beryllium “wary” of nan incoming management and called him “transparently motivated only by nan pursuit of powerfulness and nan preservation of nan cult of characteristic he has built astir himself.”

The Times went connected to definitive concerns astir his activity successful overseas policy, vow to punish his enemies and surrounding himself pinch “enablers prepared to promise loyalty to him.” 

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It did admonish Democrats to do soul-searching astir why they mislaid nan predetermination and said they waited excessively agelong to recognize President Biden wasn’t tin of seeking different term.

The Times was among nan media organizations that called for him to measurement aside after his mediocre statement showing against Trump successful June; nether aggravated pressure, Biden dropped retired arsenic nan Democratic nominee and endorsed Harris connected July 21, mounting disconnected a furious title to nan run finish.

Unlike different bequest newspapers that skipped endorsements successful this cycle, for illustration nan Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, nan New York Times laid down its marker successful clear manner successful September.

In backing Harris, it called her nan only patriotic prime and said Trump was manifestly unfit for office.

It wasn’t a shocker for nan Times to backmost a Democratic campaigner though; it was nan 17th consecutive statesmanlike predetermination it had done so.