The Guardian offers staffers counseling over Donald Trump’s ‘upsetting’ election win

The editor of a left-leaning British newspaper offered its staffers counseling to header pinch Donald Trump’s “upsetting” triumph successful Tuesday’s statesmanlike election, The Post has learned.

Katherine Viner, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, urged journalists astatine nan newspaper’s UK and Australia offices to interaction their colleagues successful nan United States to “offer your support,” according to a transcript of her email obtained by The Post.

“I cognize nan consequence has been very upsetting for galore colleagues,” she wrote..

“If you want to talk astir it, your head and members of nan activity squad are each available, arsenic is nan People team.”

Viner added that labor upset by Trump’s return to nan White House tin entree free intelligence wellness support from soul institution portals, according to nan memo.

“The predetermination has exposed alarming responsibility lines connected galore fronts, which we will beryllium examining successful nan weeks and months ahead,” Viner wrote.

One root trashed nan Israel-bashing newspaper’s connection of counseling arsenic “dumb s—.”

Another mocked immoderate triggered journalist, saying sarcastically: “It’s each truthful difficult!”

The Post has sought remark from The Guardian.

The newspaper’s beforehand page connected Thursday showed an image of a smiling Trump pinch nan headline: “American dread.”

Viner — who has been successful complaint of 203-year-old London publication since 2015 — besides attempted to fund-raise disconnected of Trump’s governmental comeback, which she called “an extraordinary, devastating infinitesimal successful nan history” of nan US.

She penned an effort Wednesday urging readers to donate successful bid to thief it “stand up to 4 much years of (Trump).”

“We will guidelines up to these threats, but it will return brave, well-funded independent journalism… that can’t beryllium leaned upon by a billionaire proprietor terrified of retribution from a bully successful nan White House,” Viner wrote, alluding to Washington Post proprietor Jeff Bezos.

Bezos, nan Amazon founder, blocked his editorial board from endorsing Harris, sparking resignations from a fewer of his journalists arsenic well arsenic anger from readers.

The billionaire mogul denied that nan move was done successful bid to curry favour pinch Trump truthful arsenic to use his business interests.

The Guardian is owned by a spot whose intent is to guarantee financial and editorial independency successful perpetuity. Since astir of nan online contented is free, nan business exemplary is built astir voluntary contributions from readers.

While nan newspaper’s main offices are successful London, it has expanded its US footprint, wherever it employs astir 200 workers.

Recent financial disclosure forms bespeak that it employs 2,500 staffers worldwide, pinch astir them concentrated successful nan UK, US and Australia.

Viner’s outreach to unit follows a move this week by an elite $65,000-a-year backstage schoolhouse successful New York City that said it would let “emotionally distressed” students to skip people connected Wednesday — a determination that was blasted by parents, including comedian Jerry Seinfeld, whose kids erstwhile attended nan institution.

The Ethical Culture Fieldston School sent a statement to parents saying that nan predetermination “may beryllium a high-stakes and affectional time” for students, who were not assigned homework connected Election Day.

Kids will besides beryllium allowed “excused absences” connected Wednesday aliases whenever nan predetermination results are announced if they consciousness incapable to “fully prosecute successful classes,” according to nan note, which was first reported by The New York Times.