Trump gets endorsement from newspaper owned by his son-in-law

The New York Observer, a publication owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, on Tuesday endorsed Trump for president in an editorial.

The paper claimed the publisher’s relationship was not the reason for the endorsement.

{mosads}”Donald Trump is the father-in-law of the Observer’s publisher,” the editorial said. “That is not a reason to endorse him. Giving millions of disillusioned Americans a renewed sense of purpose and opportunity is.”

The paper’s endorsement slammed the media and the professional political class, saying both groups have tried to make “excuses and rationales” for Trump’s success.

“Their opinions have become increasingly irrelevant. For in the 10 months since Mr. Trump’s campaign announcement, their ‘insights’ have been uniformly wrong and their influence has dwindled,” it said.

Trump’s popularity has been propelled by the “media and cultural elite’s inability to grasp the profound alienation, anger and disillusionment of millions of Americans,” the newspaper added.

“The media’s enthusiastic embrace of the Obama narrative — that America should be willing to accept a dimmer future — has blinded it to the appeal of the Trump candidacy, and of an alternative, more compelling narrative.”

The editorial touted the high vote totals in the Republican primaries, saying they prove people believe America can be “great again,” the billionaire candidate’s campaign slogan.