Washington, September 6
Donald Trump’s “erratic” and “amoral” behaviour is “detrimental” to America’s health, an anonymous official has warned in an explosive op-ed in a leading US daily and said many top officials are working diligently to frustrate parts of the President’s agenda and his “worst inclinations”. The nearly unprecedented attack on the President drew a sharp reaction from Trump who termed the op-ed as “treason” and “gutless”.
In The New York Times op-ed “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration”, the official, identified only as “a senior official in the Trump administration”, said President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern US leader.
“Many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of (Trump’s) agenda and his worst inclinations,” claimed the writer, who The Times, in a tweet, identified as a ‘he’.
The daily, which rarely publishes anonymous articles, said it did not disclose the name of the senior official in the Trump administration on the request of the author, whose “identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardised by its disclosure”.
However, Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, lashed out at the daily, saying that “anonymous, meaning gutless, editorial.”
“When you tell me about some anonymous source within the administration, probably who is failing and probably here for all the wrong reasons, and The New York Times is failing. If I were not here, I believe The New York Times probably would not exist,” he said. In a tweet, he demanded that The Times reveal the identity of the person.
The White House has called for the resignation of the senior administration official who wrote the piece.
What the writer says
- Many of the senior officials in the President’s own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of (Trump’s) agenda and his worst inclinations
- Trump was elected as a Republican, but the President shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives
Who’s the author? Guessing game on
- The opinion piece has set off a wild guessing game inside and outside the White House on the author’s identity
- Swift denials of involvement in the op-ed came from the office of Vice President Mike Pence, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo along with other top officials — PTI
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