Murdoch Paper Sends Major Warning to Trump After MAGA Ally's 'Rough Treatment'

[Eugene]

Source: The Daily Beast

Murdoch Paper Sends Major Warning to Trump After MAGA Ally’s ‘Rough Treatment’

Tom Latchem
Mon, December 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM EST
3 min read

Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal is warning President Donald Trump that his habit of backstabbing loyalists could backfire on his own movement.

The influential paper sounded the alarm after New York Rep. Elise Stefanik—one of Trump’s most devoted supporters—suddenly dropped her bid for New York governor after the president declined to endorse her despite having encouraged her to run.

In a critical column headlined “Elise Stefanik Gets the Trump Treatment,” the Journal’s editorial board warned that even Trump’s biggest supporters run the risk of being discarded.

The column walks through how the 41-year-old “ultra-MAGA” New Yorker had been told by the president to run for governor, only to watch him stand aside when 70-year-old Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman jumped into the race. The saga has led to Stefanik dropping not only her gubernatorial bid but also giving up her seat in Congress.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/murdoch-paper-sends-major-warning-140844251.html

[Celerity]

1. No tears for that utter POS MAGAt Elise Stefanik. She deserves all sorts of misfortune. All MAGAts do.

[malaise]

2. Bwaaaaah hahahaha😀😀

That is all 🎄

[TheRickles]

3. Excellent analysis, malaise. :-)

[CaptainTruth]

4. Trump only cares about Trump, period.

[Fullduplexxx]

5. She's seen as dei by their definitions

[KS Toronado]

6. Soon as a white man steps into the race, hell with the woman.

[Renew Deal]

7. Blakeman will lose

Stefanik would have done better

[Susan Calvin]

8. Face, meet leopard. nt

[bronxiteforever]

9. Gee

[Dr. T]

10. Where do MAGAts go when they're rejected by both sides?

The Island of Misfit Toys?

[LymphocyteLover]

11. I hate everyone in this story including the evil publisher -- all shitty people

[Dr. T]

12. I looked up lymphocyte. Who wouldn't love one?

I wish there were lymphocytes in the Repuglican party. It would wipe them out.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. Yes, indeed!!!

[druidity33]

19. I would expect a Dr. to know what

a lymphocyte is. Maybe you're more like "Dr John".

[Dr. T]

20. For sure. Don't read too much into the doctor moniker.

Long, boring story behind it.

[travelingthrulife]

14. lol. Let the rats fight!

[Wednesdays]

15. "Proceed, governor."

[Martin68]

16. One more crack in the wall.

[Linda ladeewolf]

17. Just like "There is no honor among thieves".

There is also no true leadership in a group of narcissists. They all think they should be in charge. They hate women and these women are too dumb to realize when it’s all said and done, they are expendable. They will never be real leaders.

[Mz Pip]

18. When will they ever learn?

Trump doesn’t care how loyal you are. If someone better comes along, he’ll drop you. First he praises Mamdani, knowing full well Elise’s future depends on Mamdani screwing up. Then he dumps her for some rich business guy who has zero chance of beating Hochul.