JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a class="js-a1" href="new.html" target="_blank">this is a link</a>
<a class="js-a2" href="another.html" target="_blank">this is another link</a>

JavaScript

$('.js-a1').click(function (e) {
  $('.js-a2').click();
  e.preventDefault();
});

var trigger_element = $('.js-a2')[0]; // native DOM element
if (!trigger_element.onclick) {
  trigger_element.onclick = trigger_element.click;
}