Michael Gerson: Is Trump's coziness with Putin causing the White House to panic?
Michael Gerson • michaelgerson@washpost.com
In Mideast, democracy struggles to take root
As a former presidential staffer, I have little patience for leaks. Any president deserves and requires the ability to conduct policy discussions in private. Leaks are an abuse of power and position, generally by people who are unelected and self-serving.
But motivations matter, and the taxonomy of White House leakage is a worthy study. A surprising number of leaks are the result of simple vanity — the desire to appear in the know. Other leakers are trying to embarrass or sabotage a rival. Some leaks result from deviousness — the attempt to box the president in on a policy matter.
The exposure of a White House briefing document telling President Donald Trump “DO NOT CONGRATULATE†Russia’s Vladimir Putin on his sham election victory — leaked after Trump congratulated Putin on his sham election victory — falls into a different category. It seems to have been motivated by desperation.
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Author worked for Bush,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_GersonAlright fine, if one wants to push the "Nation Building" foreign type of intervention, Iraq fell apart because of Obama's drawdown of troops. I hope we see people like Gerson being as critical of Obama.
Oh, no, he calls Obama an "extraordinary talent",
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3628100.eceYou can't make this up. What hypocrisy! These writers are just defending their own interests!
