The real reason why an anonymous White House official published an op-ed in the New York Times
by Becket Adams
| September 06, 2018 08:23 AM
At first blush, it makes no sense. But then you remember that most everything in the nation's capital is done with an eye to obtaining or maintaining power and influence, and then it all starts coming together.
The New York Times published an anonymously authored op-ed Thursday titled, “ I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration.â€
The article’s author claims to be a “senior" White House official. The author alleges that he ( or she?) is working covertly within the Trump administration to undermine the president.
What the op-ed doesn’t say is that its author, if he is indeed a "senior" official, is clearly prepping for a post-Trump White House career. Because that’s what’s happening here, whether the author wants to admit it or not.
“I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations,†the author writes.
The author adds, “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.â€
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