Trump snaps at Wall Street Journal over op-ed by ex-supporter calling him 'an old felon'

Saturday afternoon, Donald Trump lashed out at the conservative Wall Street Journal for promoting an op-ed written by a former prominent supporter who is turning his back on the ex-president's third bid for the presidency and supporting former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley instead.

On Thursday, Andrew Stein, who served asthe New York City Council president for eight years, wrote an opinion piece published by the Journal where he said he has no faith Trump wouldn't be a convicted felon by the time the 2024 election rolls around.

Admitting he is also not a fan of President Joe Biden, Stein wrote that he worried the election would come down to a choice between "an old felon and an old fool," before endorsing Haley.

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That led Trump to lash out at Haley and Stein both before focusing his ire on the Journal.

On his Truth Social platform he wrote: "When you 'drop' someone in politics, especially when I’m the one doing the dropping, you can be (almost!) certain that they will come back with a vengeance. Such is the case with Andrew Stein, a lightweight 'gadfly' who I have known and been kind to for years, but haven’t had the time or patience lately to see him, or take his calls…And then, as usual, it happens! He gives his meaningless endorsement to Birdbrain, who is losing to me by 50 Points, and WAY DOWN in the Polls to Crooked Joe (I am beating Biden in almost every Poll!).

Turning to the Journal, he added, "The Globalist, China Centric, and once influential Wall Street Journal, who picks up anything negative about me that they can, puts this ridiculous endorsement into its pages of bad RINO loving policy and misinformation. Use it well, Nikki, it’s all you’ve got! "

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