Washington Post columnist says the quiet part out loud after getting called out for Trump boost

After his Washington Post article “Yes, Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize" went viral Thursday night, columnist Marc Thiessen was bombarded with complaints and criticism. And, in response, he made a telling admission Mediaite reports.

The column, which President Donald Trump reposted on his Truth Social app, saying, "Thank you Washington Post. Wow!" caught the eye of Mark Dubowitz, the CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who took to X to share it and say, "Written by @marcthiessen who is a (welcome) outlier at the Washington Post."

To that, Thiessen replied, “Thanks Mark. But not such an outlier any more! We’re now a conservative opinion page.”

Thiessen wasn't the only Washington Post writer praising Trump.

Columnist David Ignatius also praised Trump’s Gaza peace plan on MSNBC, Thursday, saying, “Joe Biden could never do that. And Donald Trump was able to do it.”

The newspaper has faced backlash, a slew of staff resignations and a continued drop in readership that started after owner Jeff Bezos blocked a presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris in 2024, having previously endorsed Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

In February, Bezos announced that the the newspaper’s opinion section would "now be dedicated to the 'support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,'" Mediate writes.

Since then, the paper seems to have taken a sharp turn right, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt praising them in March for "finally learning."

In June, columnist Joe Davidson wrote a scathing resignation letter, calling Bezos a "Trump supplicant" and accusing the newspaper of “killing” and censoring his articles for being “too opinionated.”