An anonymous “senior official in the Trump administration” is claiming to be part of a network of appointees and others who are working to thwart President Donald Trump from inside his own White House.
In a New York Times op-ed headlined “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration” and published Wednesday, the unnamed author wrote that “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.”
The Times said it published the op-ed without the author’s name to protect the official’s job, while still allowing the message to get out.
Trump responded to the op-ed within an hour and a half of it being published during a White House event with local sheriffs – calling it “gutless” because it was published anonymously and saying it was “really a disgrace.” He also repeated a popular refrain of his about the “failing New York Times” and said the newspaper would be out of business if it weren’t for the news he generates as president.
A White House statement called the op-ed writer a “coward” who should resign.
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07.04.2025