New York Post's Donald Trump Endorsement Is a Study in Huh?

He can change--promise.

Let’s say a newspaper plans to endorse a candidate, but that candidate lacks a realistic platform, exhibits a disturbing and able propensity to stir up xenophobic and racist heartstrings, and whose message, when not focused on putting others down, is an ever expanding balloon of ego inflation. What, as an editorial board, is your approach?

If you’re the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post, you just go ahead an pretend that will all go away.

“Should he win the nomination, we expect [Donald] Trump to pivot — not just on the issues, but in his manner.

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