Posted on 09/05/2018 3:01:56 PM PDT by jazusamo
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders ripped the anonymous senior White House staffer who wrote an op-ed for the New York Times slamming President Trump’s conduct.
“The individual behind this piece has chosen to deceive, rather than support, the duly elected President of the United States,” she said in a statement. “He is not putting country first, but putting himself and his ego ahead of the will of the American people.”
This coward should do the right thing and resign,” she added.
The statement follows criticism from Trump himself, who called the op-ed’s author “gutless.”
The author of the op-ed wrote that there are multiple people in the administration who are acting as a check on the president’s “misguided impulses.”
“We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous. 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. That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office,” the staffer writes.
The White House aide says meetings with Trump often “veer off topic and off the rails” and slams the president as “amoral.”
“The root of the problem is the president’s amorality. Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making,” the staffer says.
Any successes from the White House “have come despite — not because of — the president’s leadership style, which is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective,” the author wrote.
he adds.
Sanders’ statement also issued a defense of the president.
“President Trump has laid out a bold and ambitious agenda. Every day since taking office, he has fulfilled the promises he made. His accomplishments in less than two years have been astounding,” she said.
The Trump administration has repeatedly railed against The New York Times, slamming it as “fake news” and labeling it the “failing” New York Times.
“We are disappointed, but not surprised, that the paper chose to publish this pathetic, reckless and selfish op-ed. This is a new low for the so-called ‘paper of record,’ and it should issue an apology…This is just another example of the liberal media’s concerted effort to discredit the president,” Sanders said.
It is all too believable from this WH. Their guy in charge of hiring is a Priebus/RNC/GOPe operative—Johnny DeStefano.
He has basically screened out all MAGA hires and put in GOPe/uniparty Deep Staters. My guess for this one, however, might be Raj Shah. He’s supposedly disloyal and is in comms, so likely has both the connections to the NYT, access to top-level staff, and the ability to put such a piece together, at least to some degree.
Fits.
Maybe it’s Dan Coats. Sure as heck hope not.
Pillow talk between she and her husband?
Then he leaks?
Yes.
Where did York say whatever he said and what did he say?
I bet your bet is correct.
Neither do I. They’ll do ANYTHING to bring Trump down, now and
they’re not going to stop.
There is no anon writer. The Media made this up. Just like Woodward did. Wrote a book to bash Trump. So far several people have said they did not say what was alledged.
Even when we don’t know it, President Trump is two steps ahead of the Deep State.
DITTO!
Thank you. I trust nothing from the liberal media. ESPECIALLY the last 2 years or so.
Listen here you COWARDLY TRAITOROUS ASSHOLE! You had decades to right the ship and YOUR damn leadership skills/style managed to accomplish NADA!
We have a POTUS who has the balls to say what he means and DO what he says. And you fuckers not only betray HIM you betray us with your despicable, cowardly, self indulgent, high opinion of yourselves.
I voted for Trump because of his style, his energy level and his know how. I DID NOT VOTE FOR YOU, YOU SOB.
YES!
Someone in Mike Pence circle...
Keep those prayers coming. They are definitely needed.
Good job.
C’mon don’t fall for this. This is purely made up.
I agree, if she didn’t know I think she would have said “that person” or something other than “he” because she is very precise.
I thought it was all made up, but after thinking about it I don’t think she would have said all of that without knowing there was a real person and thinking she knows who it is.
Fake news! Complete fabrication written by that little slimy Asian girl they hired that hates white people! This type of desperation before declassifying the FISA. We must be over the target!
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