One of the biggest stories of this past week involved an editorial published in The New York Times.
The editorial was written by an anonymous author who works as a senior official in the Trump administration. The author states that they are a part of a “resistance” of senior officials who are working to intercept the parts of the president’s agenda they do not agree with.
Since the publication of this editorial, everyone from White House officials to journalists have been racing to identify the author. President Trump took to Twitter and called on the Times to “turn him/her over to the government” for “National Security purposes.”
While it is important to withhold the identity of anonymous editorial author, there are many questioning the legitimacy of the claims made since it is uncertain whether they are coming from a legitimate source.
The idea of a resistance inside the White House that combats Trump’s “worst inclinations” sounds wonderful to Trump opposers, but there is a nagging question that is in the back of every skeptic’s mind: What is the author’s motivation here? Is this too good to be true?
We know the author had to remain anonymous in order to keep their job and continue to help with their little resistance, but what has the author told us that the public does not already know?
Many ex-White House officials have spoken out about their experience working for the Trump administration. From them, the public now has a deeper look into Trump’s White House.
If anything, this editorial offers some comfort for those who believed that nobody was keeping the President in check. “It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, Americans should know that there are adults in the room,” the author states. “And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t.”
One of the main problems that this editorial has caused is fueling the fires that is President Trump’s paranoia. He, along with others in the administration, have been furiously hunting down the culprit ever since the editorial went public. If the author is caught, the hunt won’t stop there. Trump will spend a grievous amount of time tracking down the other members of the “resistance.”
But who is to say this is not a part of a much more elaborate scheme to distract the President from something else? This editorial might have been taken with less skepticism if the author had provided more detail into what was happening inside the White House as of recently, and if the position they held was disclosed.
Only time will tell if this is true or if the author will reveal themselves. The best thing that American citizens can do right now is stay informed and be aware of what is happening.
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