In their defense, NYT wants both guys gone from the race. From Politico:
"A scathing, five-part piece by The New York Times editorial board published Thursday morning leaves no room for doubt about who they think should be elected in November:
anyone but Donald Trump. “Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency,”
the board, made up of 14 Times opinion journalists, wrote.
“He has demonstrated an utter lack of respect for the Constitution, the rule of law and the American people. Instead of a cogent vision for the country’s future, Mr. Trump is animated by a thirst for political power: to use the levers of government to advance his interests, satisfy his impulses and exact retribution against those who he thinks have wronged him.” The board breaks their reasons Trump should not lead the country into five things they believe “matter”: moral fitness, principled leadership, character, “a president’s words” and the rule of law.
Not only does the Times denounce Trump as an individual, it places Trump and the Republican Party as one in the same ahead of the upcoming convention. “A once great political party now serves the interests of one man, a man as demonstrably unsuited for the office of president as any to run in the long history of the Republic, a man whose values, temperament, ideas and language are directly opposed to so much of what has made this country great,” they wrote.