"I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration"

[brooklynite]

The New York Times

The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers. We invite you to submit a question about the essay or our vetting process here.

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.

[RandySF]

1. Mango Mussolini will love this

[AndJusticeForSome]

2. Or as I heard on MSNBC yesterday

"The 25th has been invoked. Just nobody has told the President yet."

(I think it was Rick Wilson).

It's a funny line, but I am still processing how I feel about this. My first instinct is that it is NOT the proper nor only way to deal with this crisis.

[Gothmog]

3. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[procon]

4. What an absolutely craven response to a president who clearly should be impeached.

Who ever penned this watery bit of self serving drivel are even worse enablers of Trump's continuing desecration of our nation than all those quivering Republicans in Congress who can't muster the courage to do their duty.

Perhaps the author was seeking praise for distracting Trump by giving him a lollipop when he wants to blow up the world. How is any country going to trust the US after reading this heartstopping admission that a silent coup has taken place within the WH? The US president has been reduced to a strutting figurehead, a ridiculous puppet who is controlled by some secret cabal that has quietly overthrown the government, and influenced by his Russian overseers.

[NCjack]

5. Der Fuehrer has senior-level disloyal officers at the table, now!

Beware of satchel bombs. BOOM!

The NYT Op-Ed essay may be enough to burn out his few remain brain cell connectors.