An amazing event occurred in US politics yesterday, a White House insider wrote and had published in the New York Times an op ed about what is happening in the White House.
The preface to the article states that the identity of the writer is known to the paper. He or she is said to be “a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure”.
The content is jaw dropping:
President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.
It’s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.
The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
I would know. I am one of them.
To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.
But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.
It always amazes me when in the US they talk about the left. This normally refers to a teacher activist who likes people from other cultures and who thinks that Obamacare is not the devil’s spawn.
They seem to think that such a person is akin to Stalin. Beats me why.
But the retribution is swift. Donald Trump is not amused …
And offered this simple description of what had happened …
He even questioned if the anonymous op ed writer was actually a thing.
I suspect that right now there is an enormous witch hunt going on in the White House, one that would make Simon Bridges’ attempt to find his limo info leaker look like a walk in the park.
The problem appears to be that there are so many suspects, whittling down a list is going to be a really hard job.
Bob Woodward’s new book Fear: Trump in the White House will provide some clues. One suspect will be Gary Cohn who stole a letter from Trump’s desk to prevent him from terminating the South Korea Free Trade Agreement.
It could go all the way to Chief of Staff John Kelly who has reportedly described Trump as an idiot and that the White House staff was operating in crazytown. From the book comes this comment:
It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything,” Mr. Kelly bemoaned in a meeting. “He’s gone off the rails.”
The why is a bit more complex. If they feel this strongly they should impeach. The darkest theory is that they can see the way the polls are going for the midterms and this is a cynical attempt to keep the Trumpies onside but also attract back reasonable Republicans who are dismayed at the current President.
Time will tell. Hopefully he does not blow the world up in the meantime.
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