WSJ And New York Post Urge Trump To End His Immigration Crackdown In Minnesota

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Jan 26, 2026, 04:17 AM EST | Updated 8 hours ago


Two Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, on Sunday urged Donald Trump to put a halt to his brutal immigration operation in Minnesota following the killing of Alex Pretti this weekend, in a clear sign the Australian media mogul is urging the president to back away from his aggressive strategy.

The Journal’s editorial, titled “Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis,” warned Trump that Pretti’s fatal shooting, the second killing of a protester in the city by federal officers, “is the worst incident to date in what is becoming a moral and political debacle” for his presidency. The conservative paper’s editorial board added that Trump “would be wise to pause ICE enforcement in the Twin Cities to ease tensions and consider a less provocative strategy.”

The board condemned Trump administration officials’ efforts to distort reality on Saturday’s tragedy, directly calling out Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who baselessly labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and claimed the 37-year-old ICU nurse set out to kill law enforcement.

“Ms. Noem and Mr. Miller aren’t credible spokesmen. Their social-media and cable-TV strategy is to own the libs, rather than to persuade Americans,” it said. The Journal noted that “Miller’s mass deportation methods are turning immigration, an issue Mr. Trump owned in 2024, into a political liability for Republicans” ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, also citing the detention of a 5-year-old boy.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wsj-nypost-urge-trump-to-end-minnesota-ice-operation_n_6977172ae4b00e79865d5987

[Skittles]

1. they are worried about it all becoming a "political liability for Republicans"

they very much helped to create the monster Trump.2 is today

[delisen]

7. The Murdoch empire is the Monster too , I think

[ificandream]

2. It's a dream, but I'd love to see Fox "news" join this effort.

It isn't likely they will, but you know Trump would be pissed if they did. And that might just move a mountain or two.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. He has had his beef with all of the Murdoch properties

including Faux. But I suppose if most of their "personalities" (i.e., other than those who left there to join the administration in order to destroy various parts of the federal government) did start "hedging", maybe there will be some effect.

I have been seeing articles now about a "backing off" by 45.

[riversedge]

4. LIES-that is the real Word!! "The board condemned Trump admin..officials' efforts to distort reality...""

They all LIED--use the word!!

.............The board condemned Trump administration officials’ efforts to distort reality on Saturday’s tragedy, directly calling out Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who baselessly labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and claimed the 37-year-old ICU nurse set out to kill law enforcement.

[mdbl]

5. Lame duck nazi's like Dump don't care what NYT or WSJ have to say.

He has no shame.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. In this case, that didn't come from the NYT but the NY Post

or as Public Enemy dubs it "The New York Boast".

(owned by Murdoch but ironically founded by... wait for it... Alexander Hamilton as the "New York Evening Post")

[Eugene]

8. Murdoch is shooting with both barrels.

Come out and say it! Trump, Miller and Noem are goons and their obsession with "owning the libs" is toxic and un-American.

Yes, this is fascism, but I won't hold my breath waiting for the WSJ or the NY Post to admit it.