President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on The Wall Street Journal in a lengthy Truth Social post Tuesday evening, denouncing the paper’s editorial board and forcefully rejecting claims made in a recent opinion piece about his handling of Iran.

Opening with a broadside against the publication itself, Trump declared, “THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAS LOST ITS WAY!”—setting the tone for a post that mixed personal insults, sweeping geopolitical claims, and a detailed defense of his record.

Trump specifically targeted an editorial board member, writing, “An IDIOT on The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board, named Elliot Kaufman, just wrote an Op Ed entitled, ‘The Iranians Take Trump for a Sucker.’ Really?” He then pivoted to a broader argument about his longstanding stance toward Iran, asserting, “For 47 years, they have killed our people, and many others, and taken advantage of every President, except me — And what did I give to them, a Country in tatters!”

The president went on to describe what he portrayed as the current weakened state of Iran’s military and infrastructure, claiming, “Their entire Navy is at the bottom of the Sea, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar is wiped out, their Nuclear Labs and Storage Areas were OBLITERATED late one dark June evening by our Great B-2 Bombers, their leaders are DEAD, including General Soleimani, their evil genius who destroyed the lives of so many with his favored roadside bombs.”

He also pointed to ongoing economic and strategic pressure, adding, “the Strait of Hormuz is BLOCKADED and totally controlled by the U.S., with no Ships allowed to go to Iranian Ports — It is said that they are losing 500 Million Dollars a day because of this — Their Country is an Economic Catastrophe, that is hanging by a thread.”

Trump contrasted his approach with that of previous administrations, singling out President Barack Obama. “Barack Hussein Obama gave them 1.7 Billion Dollars in ‘Green’ Cash, flown in by a Boeing 757 to their leaders, and Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in order to help them on their way to a Nuclear Bomb,” he wrote, adding, “Other Presidents did nothing to stop them, a BLIGHT on the Office of the Presidency!”

Returning to the Journal’s criticism, Trump doubled down on his rejection of the characterization presented in the op-ed. “But despite all of this, I have a MORON on the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal writing about me being taken for a ‘sucker.’ Iran certainly doesn’t think so! Neither does anyone else.”

He concluded by turning his ire toward media ownership, suggesting editorial direction from the top. “I guess Rupert Murdoch told him to write it this way, because The Wall Street Journal has lost its way, no longer required reading, just another failing political RAG!”

{Matzav.com}