Robert Kagan, who resigned from The Washington Post over the paper’s decision to not issue an endorsement in the presidential race, called the move a “preemptive capitulation” to Donald Trump.
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Robert Kagan, who resigned from The Washington Post over the paper’s decision to not issue an endorsement in the presidential race, called the move a “preemptive capitulation” to Donald Trump.
“This is how American institutions fail to protect us.” #Velshi
‘Premature capitulation’: WaPo editor Robert Kagan resigns in protest
Robert Kagan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, resigned from his position as editor-at-large at the Washington Post after the paper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos made the decision that the paper would no longer endorse presidential candidates. The editorial board was prepared to endorse Vice President Harris. Kagan called the decision a “premature capitulation” to Donald Trump, who has promised retribution against his political rivals, and that this episode is a “preview of coming attractions of what things are going to be like in a Donald Trump presidency.
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