Former President Trump attacked the Wall Street Journal again this week over its stance on the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare.
The Journal, in an editorial published Wednesday, wrote that Trump had given “his opponents another gift over the weekend by vowing to ‘terminate’ ObamaCare —or at least that’s how Democrats are translating his blunderbuss comments.”
Trump over the weekend said he was “seriously looking at alternatives” to the program, saying it is “is out of control, plus, it’s not good Healthcare.”
The Journal said Trump has so far not communicated a better plan on health care.
“There are other ideas, but they require doing some homework and honing a message,” the Journal wrote. “If Republicans have nothing more to say than Mr. Trump does, they’re better off ducking the subject lest they lead with their chin.”
Trump ripped the newspaper Thursday, calling it “really a MESS” in a post on his Truth Social website.
“The Globalist ‘paper’ sucks, its influence is badly waning, and the concept of, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, is not exactly music to their ears,” Trump wrote of the Journal. “They fought me hard in 2016, but when I WON, Rupert Murdoch was the first to call. ‘Great going,’ he said, ‘lets have lunch.’ He called often, never getting what he wanted to get, or hearing what he wanted to hear. How did that work out, Rupert?”
Trump has for months been railing against the Journal, the New York Post and other media entities owned by billionaire mogul Rupert Murdoch over their coverage of him and his political rivals.