On Wednesday, The New York Times published an op-ed from an anonymous senior Trump administration official bragging about being a saboteur inside the White House.
The New York Times prefaced the op-ed by saying they are taking a “rare step” of publishing an anonymous op-ed essay and labeled the author as a “senior official in the Trump administration.”
The author claimed people within the Trump administration are ‘working diligently from within to frustrate parts of Trump’s agenda.’
The anon official trashed President Trump’s leadership style, suggested he was mentally unstable and praised John McCain.
The New York Times got savaged for this anonymous hit piece.
President Trump slammed the New York Times op-ed as a “gutless editorial.”
President Trump on @nytimes anonymous op-ed: " A gutless editorial. We're doing great job. The poll numbers are through the roof. Our poll numbers are great. And guess what, nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020 because of what we've done." pic.twitter.com/CUvytTnIT7
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 5, 2018
Reporters and pundits called the anonymous hit piece a cowardly move.
One weird thing about this anon op-ed: If you're arguing your goal at WH is to calm Trump down, doesn't publishing this op-ed (particularly in NYT) accomplish the exact opposite?
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) September 5, 2018
His critics will likely see this anonymous op-ed as a shocking indictment of Trump but supporters will likely see it as “Deep State” trying to thwart Trump. https://t.co/AVLxSkvm94
— Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) September 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1037430689644400640
Many of the complaints from the NYT's anonymous WH coward – not all, but many – are ideological: that Trump deviates from GOP orthodoxy, an ideology he didn't campaign on & that voters didn't ratify. Trump may be a threat but so is this covert coup to impose these policies. pic.twitter.com/4Qf54JJHN9
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 5, 2018
The irony in the op-ed from the NYT's anonymous WH coward is glaring and massive: s/he accuses Trump of being "anti-democratic" while boasting of membership in an unelected cabal that covertly imposes their own ideology with zero democratic accountability, mandate or transparency
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 5, 2018
I agree and think both the Right AND the Left should chuckle at this person. Why not resign? The “Im staying in to make sure things dont get too crazy” is laughable. This person wants to have it both ways https://t.co/4hF9DWKPSl
— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) September 5, 2018
Should also note that all of the NYT reporters I’ve spoken to so far are livid that the opinion side has chosen to run an anonymous op-ed. Puts them in a really tough spot https://t.co/81cvISiIP2
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 5, 2018
