Orlando, Fla.'s largest newspaper, which traditionally backs Republican presidential candidates, gave a sweeping endorsement of anybody but President Trump ahead of his reelection campaign launch in the city.

The Orlando Sentinel published an editorial Tuesday condemning Trump's presidency ahead of his 2020 campaign launch in the city later in the day. And while the editorial admits some may find it difficult to eliminate a candidate before identifying an opponent, the paper wrote "there’s no point pretending we would ever recommend that readers vote for Trump."

"After 2 1/2 years we've seen enough. Enough of the chaos, the division, the schoolyard insults, the self-aggrandizement, the corruption, and especially the lies," they wrote.

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The paper said it has a history of endorsing Republican candidates dating back to 1952 with a few exceptions, including backing Lyndon Johnson against Barry Goldwater in 1964 and John Kerry John Forbes KerryThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates Divided country, divided church TV ads favored Biden 2-1 in past month MORE over President George W. Bush's reelection.

As recently as 2012, the Sentinel endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyTrump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power McConnell pushes back on Trump: 'There will be an orderly transition' MORE (R), now a senator from Utah, over President Obama. It endorsed Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE over Trump in 2016, however.

"The nation must endure another 1 1/2 years of Trump. But it needn’t suffer another four beyond that," the Orlando Sentinel writes.

The non-endorsement isn't "defaulting to whomever the Democrats choose," the paper clarified. The Orlando Sentinel would be willing to consider an "unlikely" Republican challenger or an independent with a "legitimate campaign."

"We’d even consider backing Trump if, say, he found the proverbial cure for cancer or — about as likely — changed the essence of who he is (he won’t)," it wrote.

The editorial calls out the president's lies, citing a Washington Post database that reports more than 10,000 Trump's told since taking office.

It also highlighted the president's actions they say "diminished our standing in the world," as well as his failure to move on his own agenda.