Trump's favorite newspaper warns GOP on verge of "massive" self-sabotage

Former President Donald Trump's preferred newspaper released a dire warning for the GOP on Friday, saying that the party is headed for a "massive" implosion.

The New York Post, the long-running conservative daily tabloid published by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has been noted as Trump's favorite newspaper in the past, with a GQ profile from early in his presidency stating that he also consumed The New York Times and Wall Street Journal to a lesser extent.

The Post's editorial board released a piece warning that the "GOP needs to back Kevin McCarthy for speaker—or risk handing Dems big win." The piece specifically calls out Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, and his "band of saboteurs" for opposing McCarthy's bid for speaker of the House, and added that such in-fighting could "be a massive act of GOP self-sabotage."