Donald Trump's first major newspaper endorsement is not exactly a shocker

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump finally got a major newspaper endorsement, but there's a catch.

In Sunday's edition, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the largest paper in the swing state of Nevada, threw it's endorsement to Trump. Decrying what it called "social media sideshows and carnival clatter," the Review-Journal heralded Trump's outsider status and corporate experience.

Mr. Trump instead brings a corporate sensibility and a steadfast determination to an ossified Beltway culture. 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.

But Trump's first major newspaper endorsement comes with a big grain of salt: the publication is owned by Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.

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Adelson's association with the newspaper caused quite a stir since he was identified as the owner last year -- a revelation that spurred criticism from within the paper.

After earlier teases, Adelson, who has dumped gobs of money into previous Republican campaigns, has yet to put any money into Trump's cause despite supporting smaller Republican races.

The accumulation of newspaper endorsements has been lopsided in favor of Hillary Clinton, with Clinton gaining the seal of approval from traditionally Republican-leaning papers like the Arizona Republic, The Dallas Morning News, and the Cincinnati Enquirer.