Karl Rove blamed the press for Trump's disastrous press conferences in order to whitewash the Wall Street Journal's criticism of Trump's performance.

Not making that up. Stephen Moore of The Heritage Foundation and his former colleagues at The Wall Street Journal are "asking the question" if COVID mitigation measures are "worth" the economic hit.

On Fox News, White House trade-policy adviser Peter Navarro tore into The Wall Street Journal, another Murdoch-controlled news outlet, for daring to blame the economic slowdown on Donald Trump’s trade war with China.

"Asking voters to believe he’ll do better on these issues in a second term isn’t likely to turn many swing voters his way," the famously conservative editorial board wrote in a lengthy critique.