Matthew Chapman
July 24, 2026
RAW STORY
President Donald Trump got a reaming from the Wall Street Journal on Friday over his ongoing "obsession" with imposing as many tariffs as possible.
The Journal's editorial board, while unflinchingly conservative, has nonetheless been waging a low-grade war against the president over his trade policy ever since he resumed office, opposing to his broad-based schemes to tax as many imports as possible — and particularly warning that tariffs imposed right ahead of a critical midterm election can only spell disaster.
"The Administration late Thursday unveiled new tariffs under Section 301 to replace the President’s Section 122 tariffs that were lapsing. These latest duties will affect some 60 economies, hitting nearly all U.S. imports, with rates from 10% to 12.5%, and they come on top of a slew of other border taxes," wrote the board.
The Supreme Court may have killed his first tariff scheme under emergency powers — but he's now using a number of other laws, including Section 301, which means he is effectively accusing Canada and the European Union of importing goods made with forced labor, Section 232; which is a national security provision Trump is applying to generic medicines, cars, furniture, steel, aluminum, and semiconductors; and Section 338, a never-before-used section of the controversial 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act.
Trump, the board lamented, "doesn’t seem to care about the damage since tariff costs are dispersed across businesses, consumers and workers. Customs duties have raised $163 billion in the current fiscal year through June, which excludes some $70 billion in emergency-tariff refunds. That’s a big tax increase."
And ultimately, the board warned, Trump's party is going to take a hit at the ballot box.
"Americans remain unhappy about the economy, and higher prices are a big reason," the board concluded. Even if they don't know the exact figures, voters "know that tariffs are adding to their pain ... [and] Republicans could pay the price in November."
President Donald Trump got a reaming from the Wall Street Journal on Friday over his ongoing "obsession" with imposing as many tariffs as possible.
The Journal's editorial board, while unflinchingly conservative, has nonetheless been waging a low-grade war against the president over his trade policy ever since he resumed office, opposing to his broad-based schemes to tax as many imports as possible — and particularly warning that tariffs imposed right ahead of a critical midterm election can only spell disaster.
"The Administration late Thursday unveiled new tariffs under Section 301 to replace the President’s Section 122 tariffs that were lapsing. These latest duties will affect some 60 economies, hitting nearly all U.S. imports, with rates from 10% to 12.5%, and they come on top of a slew of other border taxes," wrote the board.
The Supreme Court may have killed his first tariff scheme under emergency powers — but he's now using a number of other laws, including Section 301, which means he is effectively accusing Canada and the European Union of importing goods made with forced labor, Section 232; which is a national security provision Trump is applying to generic medicines, cars, furniture, steel, aluminum, and semiconductors; and Section 338, a never-before-used section of the controversial 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act.
Trump, the board lamented, "doesn’t seem to care about the damage since tariff costs are dispersed across businesses, consumers and workers. Customs duties have raised $163 billion in the current fiscal year through June, which excludes some $70 billion in emergency-tariff refunds. That’s a big tax increase."
And ultimately, the board warned, Trump's party is going to take a hit at the ballot box.
"Americans remain unhappy about the economy, and higher prices are a big reason," the board concluded. Even if they don't know the exact figures, voters "know that tariffs are adding to their pain ... [and] Republicans could pay the price in November."
Trump shrugs as Wolf Blitzer details his assault on the press in WSJ award speech
Matthew Chapman
July 24, 2026
RAW STORY
President Donald Trump reacts at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner, which was rescheduled from April after it was interrupted when a man tried to force his way through security and fired a shotgun, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
The White House Correspondents' Dinner faced an awkward moment on Friday when CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer confronted President Donald Trump with his attack on journalism.
Blitzer was onstage to present reporters from The Wall Street Journal for bombshell reporting last year, exposing Trump's lewd birthday poem from decades ago to late billionaire financier and child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, in which he sketched an image of a naked woman and wrote, "may every day be another wonderful secret."
As Trump sat there, listening to all of this, Blitzer added, “Trump filed a lawsuit against The Journal, revealing a reporter's home address.”
At this, Trump's only reaction a shrug.
The president has continued to deny The Journal's reporting, insisting that he doesn't make doodles like those reported in the article — even though a number of other such doodles from Trump exist and are in the public record.
'Scumbags!': Trump's 'expletive'-riddled temper tantrum leaked to WSJ
Kathleen Culliton
July 24, 2026
RAW STORY
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
President Donald Trump recently threw a curse-riddled temper tantrum inside the Oval Office over his own failure end the war in Iran, according to an inside source.
Trump called Iranian leaders "scumbags" and lunatics" and was heard "unleashing a series of expletives," the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday night.
"Trump is increasingly frustrated that a conflict he once thought would be over in a matter of weeks has dragged on with no end in sight," the Wall Street Journal reported.
"Some of Trump’s advisers now worry that the war—which has resulted in higher prices, falling approval ratings and the deaths of more than a dozen U.S. service members—is consuming his presidency."
Trump's frustration stems from his growing fear that he cannot negotiate the lasting peace he promised the American people after launching a war without Congressional permission he promised would last “four to five weeks,” the Journal reported.
The memorandum of understanding with Iran, signed in June, lasted just over a month.
"The president in recent days has grown skeptical that negotiations with Iran can produce a lasting peace, according to people familiar with the matter," the Wall Street Journal reported.
"A senior administration official said Trump believes that the only thing Iran understands is military force, adding that he was in 'revenge mode' against Tehran."
Kathleen Culliton
July 24, 2026
RAW STORY
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
President Donald Trump recently threw a curse-riddled temper tantrum inside the Oval Office over his own failure end the war in Iran, according to an inside source.
Trump called Iranian leaders "scumbags" and lunatics" and was heard "unleashing a series of expletives," the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday night.
"Trump is increasingly frustrated that a conflict he once thought would be over in a matter of weeks has dragged on with no end in sight," the Wall Street Journal reported.
"Some of Trump’s advisers now worry that the war—which has resulted in higher prices, falling approval ratings and the deaths of more than a dozen U.S. service members—is consuming his presidency."
Trump's frustration stems from his growing fear that he cannot negotiate the lasting peace he promised the American people after launching a war without Congressional permission he promised would last “four to five weeks,” the Journal reported.
The memorandum of understanding with Iran, signed in June, lasted just over a month.
"The president in recent days has grown skeptical that negotiations with Iran can produce a lasting peace, according to people familiar with the matter," the Wall Street Journal reported.
"A senior administration official said Trump believes that the only thing Iran understands is military force, adding that he was in 'revenge mode' against Tehran."
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