President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday slammed The Wall Street Journal over an article claiming he was dealt a “setback” over Pete Hegseth, his nominee for Secretary of Defense, and Chad Chronister, who had been his initial pick to head the Drug Enforcement Agency.

“They haven’t written a good story about me in YEARS,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Somebody over there ought to look at what they’re doing.”

The publication reported that Chronister, a county sheriff from Florida, decided he should pull himself out of contention as the “gravity of this very important responsibility set in.”

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