--- title: Donald Trump Endorsed by Las Vegas Review-Journal description: The Las Vegas Review-Journal has endorsed Donald Trump for president, becoming the first major newspaper to do so in the general election canonical: https://time.com/4541917/donald-trump-las-vegas-review-journal-sheldon-adelson/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-23T15:03:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:27.161Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Just Got His First Major General Election Newspaper Endorsement og:description: The Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsed the Republican nominee og:url: https://time.com/4541917/donald-trump-las-vegas-review-journal-sheldon-adelson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f5710b10c96a4d6/6988ab280b72e384426eb760/trump-endorsement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Just Got His First Major General Election Newspaper Endorsement twitter:description: The Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsed the Republican nominee twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f5710b10c96a4d6/6988ab280b72e384426eb760/trump-endorsement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Just Got His First Major General Election Newspaper Endorsement > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Cleveland on Oct. 22, 2016. Evan Vucci—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 23, 2016 3:03 PM UTC The Las Vegas _Review-Journal_ has [endorsed](http://m.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-donald-trump-president) Donald Trump for president, becoming the first major newspaper to do so in the general election. The paper, owned by casino magnate and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson, said Clinton will “cuddle up to the ways and perks of Washington like she would to a cozy old blanket.” “Mr. Trump instead brings a corporate sensibility and a steadfast determination to an ossified Beltway culture,” the editorial argued. “He advocates for lower taxes and a simplified tax code, in contrast to his opponent’s plan to extract another $1 trillion from the private economy in order to enlarge the bureaucracy. Mr. Trump understands and appreciates the conditions that lead to prosperity and job creation and would be a friend to small business and entrepreneurship. Mrs. Clinton has spent most of her adult life on the public payroll.” The _Review-Journal_ endorsement pivots from other major U.S. newspapers, most of which have [backed Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4494968/donald-trump-new-hampshire-union-leader-endorsement/). Several newspaper that have [traditionally endorsed Republican candidates](http://time.com/4495371/newspaper-endorsements-2016-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gary-johnson/) support Clinton, including The Arizona _Republic_, The Houston _Chronicle_ and The Columbus _Dispatch_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4541917/donald-trump-las-vegas-review-journal-sheldon-adelson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4541917/donald-trump-las-vegas-review-journal-sheldon-adelson/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Just Got His First Major General Election Newspaper Endorsement","datePublished":"2016-10-23T15:03:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:27.161Z","description":"The Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsed the Republican nominee","url":"https://time.com/4541917/donald-trump-las-vegas-review-journal-sheldon-adelson/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f5710b10c96a4d6/6988ab280b72e384426eb760/trump-endorsement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f5710b10c96a4d6/6988ab280b72e384426eb760/trump-endorsement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Cleveland. 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