One day after endorsing Hillary Clinton, The New York Times has published a scathing editorial on why Donald Trump should not be commander in chief, calling the billionaire real-estate tycoon a man "far more consumed with himself than with the nation's well-being."
The newspaper's editorial board says in Monday's edition that the GOP presidential nominee has carried on "a freewheeling campaign marked by bursts of false and outrageous allegations, personal insults, xenophobic nationalism, unapologetic sexism and positions that shift according to his audience and his whims."
They also point out Trump's see-sawing opinions on national policy issues.
"Since his campaign began, NBC News has tabulated that Mr. Trump has made 117 distinct policy shifts on 20 major issues, including three contradictory views on abortion in one eight-hour stretch," The Times says.
"Voters attracted by the force of the Trump personality should pause and take note of the precise qualities he exudes as an audaciously different politician: bluster, savage mockery of those who challenge him, degrading comments about women, mendacity, crude generalizations about nations and religions.
"Our presidents are role models for generations of our children. Is this the example we want for them?"