Trump Lashes Out at Murdoch-Owned ‘Globalist’ WSJ Over Obamacare Criticism: ‘Losers’

Former President Donald Trump is not the best leader for Republicans when it comes to pitching healthcare reform, the Wall Street editorial board declared Thursday, prompting a response from the former president.

"The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page is really a MESS! The Globalist 'paper' sucks, its influence is badly waning, and the concept of, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, is not exactly music to their ears," Trump wrote on Truth Social in response to a Wall Street Journal column titled, "Biden, Trump and Obamacare."

In his Truth Social rant, Trump noted the Rupert Murdoch-owned paper has long been critical of him and his role in conservative politics, but recalled Murdoch himself congratulating him on his 2016 presidential victory.

"He called often, never getting what he wanted to get, or hearing what he wanted to hear. How did that work out, Rupert?" Trump wrote.

Trump lashed out at fellow 2024 GOP hopefuls Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley before promising 2024 will be a "rebuke" against globalism and the "losers" at the Journal.

"2024 will be a GLOBALIST DEFEAT, and a rebuke to the losers at the WSJ, who have gotten almost nothing right for years," he wrote.

The Journal's editorial board argued in their Thursday column that Trump's recent vague promise to replace Obamacare with something "much better" is failing Republicans.

Republicans' failure thus far on reforming healthcare, the column argues, mainly boils down to Trump's "unwillingness to understand policy arguments."

"Recall that Republicans failed to repeal and replace ObamaCare in 2017 despite controlling both houses of Congress," they wrote. "John McCain's opposition ultimately killed the GOP’s last reform bill, but Mr. Trump’s unwillingness to understand the policy arguments was the bigger problem. His inability to marshal a case to rally public opinion contributed to its failure and the GOP’s losses in the midterms."

Republicans should be "educating" voters, they added, on "regulatory distortions, such as the de facto cap on insurer profits, rigid plan designs, and benefit mandates that increase costs while limiting choice."

"There are other ideas, but they require doing some homework and honing a message," the column reads. "If Republicans have nothing more to say than Mr. Trump does, they’re better off ducking the subject lest they lead with their chin."