The editorial board of the New York Times published a piece on Monday that urged Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic candidate, citing his perceived decline and disappointing debate performance against Trump in Atlanta.
The New York Times editorial board has published a strongly worded article declaring that Donald Trump is unfit to lead, just before the Republican convention where he is set to be officially nominated as the party's presidential candidate for the third time in eight years.
The board noted that Trump, a former president and convicted felon, has become the Republican nominee It knocked the Republican Party, saying, “A once great political party now serves the interests of one man, a man as demonstrably unsuited for the office of president as any to run in the long history of the republic, a man whose values, temperament, ideas and language are directly opposed to so much of what has made this country great.”
It noted that many voters were “frustrated, even despondent”.
The editorial board of the New York Times published a piece on Monday that urged Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic candidate, citing his perceived decline and disappointing debate performance against Trump in Atlanta.
However, the board shifted its focus to Donald Trump, 78, expressing concerns about his cognitive fitness and the potential dangers he poses.
Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 criminal counts related to hush-money payments to a porn star, which a jury determined were intended to influence the 2016 election.
His sentencing, potentially including jail time, was initially scheduled for today but has been postponed until September after the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have some immunity from prosecution.
Trump still faces 54 additional criminal charges, including election subversion and possession of classified documents, as well as civil cases that have resulted in fines totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for business fraud and additional millions in a defamation case related to a rape allegation deemed 'substantially true' by a judge.
Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results culminated in the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, resulting in nine deaths, over 1,300 arrests, and hundreds of convictions.
Following his second impeachment for inciting insurrection, Republican senators acquitted him, allowing him to remain eligible to run for office. Despite this, Trump has promised to pardon the rioters. The New York Times editorial board has concluded that these events, along with other factors such as moral fitness, leadership, character, and respect for the rule of law, demonstrate that Trump has exhibited a character unsuitable for the presidency.
It described Trump as lacking respect for the constitution and the rule of law but “animated by a thirst for political power: to use the levers of government to advance his interests, satisfy his impulses and exact retribution against those who he thinks have wronged him”.
“He is, quite simply, unfit to lead,” it said.
The New York Times editorial board emphasized that while Democrats are deliberating about President Biden's suitability for the party's nomination due to concerns about his age and fitness, the debate is about the argument that the greater imperative is to address the threat posed by Trump's potential return to power.
The board lamented that Republicans have abandoned their values and ignored Trump's dishonesty, corruption, cruelty, and incompetence, as described by former officials.
The board urged American voters to perform their civic duty by carefully considering Trump's words, actions, and promises, and to truly contemplate the implications of his return to office.