The liberal meltdown over President Donald Trump’s return to the White House continues, and the latest casualty? New York Times columnist Charles Blow, who has officially thrown in the towel. After years of breathless anti-Trump hysteria, Blow quietly exited the Times this month, penning a final column that was—surprisingly—devoid of his usual over-the-top rhetoric.
It was a rather subdued farewell, mostly reflecting on his time at the paper and his role as a Black columnist during what he dramatically called a “remarkable moment in the nation’s history.” While Blow avoided directly venting his usual contempt for Trump in his farewell piece, the subtext was clear: he saw Trump’s first presidency as a catastrophe, and the fact that the American people gave Trump a second term? Unbearable.
After Trump pulled off the greatest political comeback in history, major veteran journos (aka Dem mouthpieces) have thrown in the towel or been pushed toward the exits, inclg:
* Norah O’Donnell
* Chuck Todd
* Andrea Mitchell
* Jim Acosta
* Rashida Jones
* Jen Rubin
* Neil Cavuto— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 7, 2025
Blow framed his departure as a natural conclusion, but let’s be honest—the New York Times has been losing its mind over Trump since 2016, and its columnists have been some of the worst offenders. The idea that Trump’s return is so devastating that even longtime left-wing pundits can’t stomach sticking around speaks volumes about just how much of a reality check the 2024 election delivered.
For years, Blow was one of the loudest voices pushing the idea that Trump’s presidency was an existential threat. He once wrote that Trump voters “want the benefits of white supremacy” and consistently painted the former president’s policies as fundamentally racist. His column wasn’t about analysis—it was about advancing a narrative. And now, with Trump back in office, it seems the energy to keep up the act has run out.
Adding New York Times columnist Charles Blow to the growing list of journo casualties in the wake of Trump 2.0 … https://t.co/uM6YRdqf7d
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 17, 2025
Blow’s departure isn’t happening in a vacuum. He joins a growing list of left-wing media figures who have either quit or signaled their exhaustion with trying to prop up a narrative that collapsed under the weight of reality. Whether they truly believed Kamala Harris would win or simply convinced themselves that America had permanently rejected Trumpism, the fact remains: Trump is back, and the liberal media simply cannot cope.
At this point, watching these resignations roll in feels less like journalistic turnover and more like a mass exodus from a sinking ship. The New York Times and its allies in the media spent years assuring their readers that Trump was finished. They insisted that Biden had “saved democracy,” that Kamala Harris was the future, and that the American people would never allow Trump near the White House again.
Garbage take! Lyin’ Brian Williams spreading trash talk from NYT columnist Charles Blow about “Jim Crow” and red states again on MSNBS. pic.twitter.com/VNxPo7eFgh
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) October 16, 2021
Reality had other plans. And now? The people who built their careers on opposition to Trump are realizing that the country isn’t as easily manipulated as they thought. The American people saw through the lies, the media’s partisan activism, and the manufactured outrage. They chose leadership over hysteria.
