{"id":33625,"date":"2018-09-06T13:28:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T20:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33625"},"modified":"2018-09-07T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T17:10:36","slug":"trump-hates-the-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/trump-hates-the-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Hates the Op-Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since the news broke that a senior administration official has written an anonymous Op-ed, Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten has been engaged in a round-the-clock conniption fit.\u00a0 He is not happy that one of his hand picked toadies, with nose buried in his Fuhrer’s rectum, has another, more hostile side.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"0906OpEd\"<\/em><\/p>\n

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 <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump\u2019s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.<\/p>\n

The dilemma \u2014 which he does not fully grasp \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

I would know. I am one of them.<\/p>\n

To be clear, ours is not the popular \u201cresistance\u201d of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can<\/a> to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump\u2019s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.<\/p>\n

The root of the problem is the president\u2019s amorality. Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <NY Times<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

I urge you to click through and read the article in its entirety.\u00a0 I will not praise the author.\u00a0 His own deplorable Republican policies are self-evident, as is the cowardice he shows by hiding behind anonymity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow<\/a> covers the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n