On Wednesday, President Trump slammed the New York Times for an anonymous hit piece allegedly written by a high-level administration official that slammed the chief executive and praised John McCain. In a one-word tweet, he simply asked, “Treason?”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1037464177269514240
Trump also slammed the Times for what he called a “gutless” editorial.
President Trump on @nytimes anonymous op-ed: " A gutless editorial. We're doing great job. The poll numbers are through the roof. Our poll numbers are great. And guess what, nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020 because of what we've done." pic.twitter.com/CUvytTnIT7
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 5, 2018
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
“We have somebody in what I call the failing New York Times talking about he’s part of the resistance within the Trump administration,” Trump said.
“This is what we have to deal with. And you know, the dishonest media … it’s really a disgrace. I will say this: Nobody has done what this administration has done in terms of getting things passed, in terms of getting things through.”
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders minced no words, saying the anonymous “coward” should resign:
Response to anonymous @nytimes op-ed. pic.twitter.com/RIOaXhyg1N
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) September 5, 2018
Twitchy said Trump’s one-word tweet caused Twitter to explode.
Actually, yes. https://t.co/3oA3v1XGsV
— Chris Barron ?? (@ChrisRBarron) September 5, 2018
— GOPPouncer (@Mellecon) September 5, 2018
One person noted:
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
Not seeing anything about writing anonymous op-eds there, so probably not. https://t.co/mER3NeVSGx
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) September 5, 2018
Many others weighed in:
One weird thing about this anon op-ed: If you're arguing your goal at WH is to calm Trump down, doesn't publishing this op-ed (particularly in NYT) accomplish the exact opposite?
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) September 5, 2018
Good point.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1037430689644400640
Dinesh D’Souza said the editorial looks to him as though it was written by a professional working for the Times:
Just read the anonymous @nytimes article and it’s blindingly obvious it’s an in-house product written not by any Trump official but by a professional writer at the newspaper itself. This is the very definition of #FakeNews
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) September 5, 2018
Glenn Greenwald noted:
Many of the complaints from the NYT's anonymous WH coward – not all, but many – are ideological: that Trump deviates from GOP orthodoxy, an ideology he didn't campaign on & that voters didn't ratify. Trump may be a threat but so is this covert coup to impose these policies. pic.twitter.com/4Qf54JJHN9
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 5, 2018
The irony in the op-ed from the NYT's anonymous WH coward is glaring and massive: s/he accuses Trump of being "anti-democratic" while boasting of membership in an unelected cabal that covertly imposes their own ideology with zero democratic accountability, mandate or transparency
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 5, 2018
While the op-ed may not technically meet the legal definition of “treason,” it’s certainly a blatant attempt by the Trump-hating left to usurp a duly-elected president. And that should concern everyone.
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