I don’t know if this will end up being the “deep throat” leak of the Trump Era, but it does seem pretty big: an anonymous “senior official in the Trump administration” just published an op-ed in The New York Times describing an amoral, unfocused, despotic president who has to be reigned in by a secret “resistance” movement among his own political appointees.
That won’t be news to anyone who’s been following, well, the news. But when one of Trump’s own appointees (finally) says it, perhaps there’s a different weight to the words. The anonymous official writes:
Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until — one way or another — it’s over.
No doubt President Trump is going to react well to this one.
UPDATE: Meanwhile, Twitter is on the hunt for the mole’s identity. Here’s an interesting theory:
The word is “LODESTAR.” Note that it comes in the same paragraph praising John McCain. That would rule out flame-throwers like Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino and suggest someone with Senate ties. This reveal is not going to take long. pic.twitter.com/NwnUtvFlko
— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) September 5, 2018
…an example pops up of Vice President Mike Pence using the word “lodestar” in a speech at the UN in September 2017. https://t.co/CI1PUzDUdA pic.twitter.com/OrOYrFgP0M
— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) September 5, 2018
Two more months later (like clockwork,) February 2018. Vice President Mike Pence speaking in Tokyo, alongside Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Place your bets… another “lodestar.” https://t.co/OGIWVf2QxV pic.twitter.com/88vJJfVamM
— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) September 5, 2018
And lo, as I have shown in my previous tweets, peaches and nectarines are absolutely delicious, and Vice President Mike Pence really likes using the word “lodestar” in his writing. In fact, one might call it his…
— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) September 5, 2018
Yeah, since none of these people have done anything publicly to get the unfit, unhinged, deranged lunatic out of the oval office, who gives a shit? Until someone, ANYONE, in D.C. has the courage to actually DO SOMETHING TO GET THAT SHIT BAG OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, everything said (especially anonymously) IS MEANINGLESS. No, anonymous, you do not make us feel any better with your NYT op-ed. IF there were actually any grown-ups in the White House, Dump would have been forcibly removed already. You are not brave, you are not helpful, you are just an enabler who believes talking about what is going on in the WH makes you some sort of admirable person. You are part of the problem. Period.