This is just an observation. Those who view the editors of the Wall Street Journal as simply pro-Republican and Trump supporters might want to look at today’s WSJ opinion page. The lead editorial is one opposing the appointment of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. There is also a featured op-ed opposing the appointment of Kash Patel as director of the FBI. Other editorials, columns, and op-eds include one in support of maintaining birthright citizenship, a somewhat oblique defense of continuing to provide support for Ukraine’s war against Russia, and an op-ed urging the incoming Trump Administration to save Reagan’s National Endowment for Democracy from DOGE.
I think the WSJ’s editorial stance is more complicated than party affiliation. I think they’re pro-business, pro-stock prices, and anti-tax. If that’s pro-Republican, then they are pro-Republican but I think that’s painting with too broad a brush.
I think they are Hamiltonians, viewing the world completely through a business and economic prism.
