Trump Staff’s Resistance Can’t Avert a Crisis. It Is One.
Unelected officials may block a rogue president from doing his worst, but that’s not what the Constitution had in mind.
“Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles.”
Photographer: Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe New York Times published an extraordinary column this afternoon by an anonymous contributor identified as a “senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure.” (In a tweet, and perhaps inadvertently, the Times also described its op-ed columnist as a man.)
It’s readily apparent why the writer’s job would be threatened. His column describes a White House mired in subterfuge and scheming because President Donald Trump isn’t able or fit to carry out his duties. “The root of the problem is the president’s amorality,” the columnist observes. “Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making.”