Anonymous Source Close To President Trump Raising Red Flags

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Green Wizard, Sep 6, 2018.

  1. I have a guess the anonymous source is pence. Just makes sense. Plus it rhymes.

    From an op-ed in the New York Times:

    Sept. 5, 2018

    I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration

    I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

    The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers. We invite you to submit a question about the essay or our vetting process here.

    President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.

    It’s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.

    The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

    I would know. I am one of them.

    To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. 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 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.

    Although he was elected as a Republican, the president shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives: free minds, free markets and free people. At best, he has invoked these ideals in scripted settings. At worst, he has attacked them outright.

    In addition to his mass-marketing of the notion that the press is the “enemy of the people,” President Trump’s impulses are generally anti-trade and anti-democratic.

    Don’t get me wrong. There are bright spots that the near-ceaseless negative coverage of the administration fails to capture: effective deregulation, historic tax reform, a more robust military and more.

    But these successes have come despite — not because of — the president’s leadership style, which is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective.

    From the White House to executive branch departments and agencies, senior officials will privately admit their daily disbelief at the commander in chief’s comments and actions. Most are working to insulate their operations from his whims.

    Meetings with him veer off topic and off the rails, he engages in repetitive rants, and his impulsiveness results in half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions that have to be walked back.

    “There is literally no telling whether he might change his mind from one minute to the next,” a top official complained to me recently, exasperated by an Oval Office meeting at which the president flip-flopped on a major policy decision he’d made only a week earlier.

    The erratic behavior would be more concerning if it weren’t for unsung heroes in and around the White House. Some of his aides have been cast as villains by the media. But in private, they have gone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the West Wing, though they are clearly not always successful.

    It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. We fully recognize what is happening. And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t.

    The result is a two-track presidency.

    Take foreign policy: In public and in private, President Trump shows a preference for autocrats and dictators, such as President Vladimir Putin of Russia and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and displays little genuine appreciation for the ties that bind us to allied, like-minded nations.

    Astute observers have noted, though, that the rest of the administration is operating on another track, one where countries like Russia are called out for meddling and punished accordingly, and where allies around the world are engaged as peers rather than ridiculed as rivals.

    On Russia, for instance, the president was reluctant to expel so many of Mr. Putin’s spies as punishment for the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. He complained for weeks about senior staff members letting him get boxed into further confrontation with Russia, and he expressed frustration that the United States continued to impose sanctions on the country for its malign behavior. But his national security team knew better — such actions had to be taken, to hold Moscow accountable.

    This isn’t the work of the so-called deep state. It’s the work of the steady state.

    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.

    The bigger concern is not what Mr. Trump has done to the presidency but rather what we as a nation have allowed him to do to us. We have sunk low with him and allowed our discourse to be stripped of civility.

    Senator John McCain put it best in his farewell letter. All Americans should heed his words and break free of the tribalism trap, with the high aim of uniting through our shared values and love of this great nation.

    We may no longer have Senator McCain. But we will always have his example — a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue. Mr. Trump may fear such honorable men, but we should revere them.

    There is a quiet resistance within the administration of people choosing to put country first. But the real difference will be made by everyday citizens rising above politics, reaching across the aisle and resolving to shed the labels in favor of a single one: Americans.

    The writer is a senior official in the Trump administration.

    The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers. We invite you to submit a question about the essay or our vetting process here.
     
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  2. I heard pence make a speech the other day and thought it was refreshing to hear the VP speak in complete sentences. he might be a piece of shit too but at least he can do that. wouldn't be so bad to have him in there for the time being.

    I wanna know how bad it has to get before they actually did something meaningful about it. I mean, they don't want to start a constitutional crisis even though the stuff they're warning us about is way, way worse.

    Just read today that our trade deficit has increased by the most in three years. I can only assume that it's a result of the president alienating our largest trading partners one-by-one costing billions in trade as our exports become less desirable as a result of tariffs . really stupid shit.
     
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  3. The British are wanting that land back ...?

    is the rumor
     
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  4. #4 Green Wizard, Sep 6, 2018
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  5. Can't say if Pence wrote that as i've not heard him speak much since he became a captive of the self proclaimed "stable genius"... suffice to say he is not his own man at all and anyone would feel unstable not knowing if he is going to get fired by tweet before sunrise the next day...

    The legal definition would indicate it's from an attorney...

    "In the legal realm, the "lodestar method" refers to a method of computing attorney's fees whereby a trial court must multiply the number of hours reasonably spent by trial counsel by a reasonable hourly rate."

    But i've not read that piece at the link yet so maybe it was mentioned in context of "star used to guide a ship".

    EDIT: just read it so yes that is a strong clue.
     
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  6. That's why the 25th amendment is there.
    Now if any so bold would prove their allegiance to the Country and use it is another story.

    To me, it is also a failing of the Electoral College not to do so when it had the chance. The character and integrity was never there.

    :smoke:
     
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  7. Odd.

    If someone is that concerned, shouldn't they stand up and be known?

    I agree with Eric Weinstein, the TIM (tech, intelligence and media) are in some nefarious relationship, it wouldn't surprise me if this was more bullshit.

    Again though, all the crying wolf by the left, who can believe this? And the thing is, say there was a legitimate concern, how could you convince the people it is a real wolf this time?

     
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  8. More propaganda trying to sway weak minds ahead of the mid terms. Yawn
     
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  9. So your saying Trump IS a stable genius? That he's like, a very smart person? That the revolving door of White House staff, all the resigning, firing, is normal? All those tweeter posts by the President make sense? Stormy Daniels hush money payments. Your own personal lawyer flipping on you, then getting charged with felony campaign charges. His endless defense and admiration for dictators and political strongmen like Putin, Un, and Duterte.

    Yeah man. This Op-Ed seems like a stretch huh? Total bullshit. :laughing:
     
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  10. Where in the hell in what I said made you ask such questions?

    Unstable much?

     
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  11. Which way are they swaying?
     
  12. It can't be Pence because he wouldn't have the time to write it. After all he's in charge of the "Space Force" and the investigation into illegal voting. Oh wait, that investigation already fizzled out - I forgot. :rolleyes:
     
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  13. Your lack of faith and disregard of the obvious. Doesn't it make sense that it's Mike Pence?

    Unstable much? Yes.
     


  14. Yes indeed. He finally figured it out.
     
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  15. Which ever way the winds were blowing;)
     
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  16. Saw this on reddit lol “I’m part of the resistance in the third Reich”

    “I work for the Führer but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

    Führer Hitler is facing a test to his chancellery unlike any faced by a modern German leader.

    The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

    I would know. I am one of them.

    To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made Germany safer and more prosperous.

    But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the Führer continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of the fatherland.

    There is a quiet resistance within the administration of people choosing to put country first. But the real difference will be made by everyday citizens rising above politics, reaching across the aisle and resolving to shed the labels in favor of a single slogan: ein volk, ein Reich, ein Führer.
     
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  17. Author of tRump's book (as he could never possibly write book on his own, lol).. being interviewed today.... 8 min. including proof with 45's recordings... this guy is clear headed and articulate... something so refreshing these days... suffice to say that book is his biggest regret in life... he goes around the country apologizing for writing it... but he never dreamed Don the Con would ever be elected... lol
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  18. Said it before and I'll say it again..
    PILE ON that turd!
    Bet there are many more to come too.
     
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  19. And the dolt has no clue why "everyone is attacking me"... has no clue that it could be his only past words, actions and motives coming back to haunt him... sort of like the boomerang of karma... and what's great is that so much is documented it is undeniable except to tRump and the conned minions.... they are so drunk from Obama revenge kool-aid they can't see or think straight... voted for 45 out of spite for BO and fear of HRC...
     
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  20. And yet the DOTARD continues with his BS attacks..nothing like riling up the natives..LOL
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