Author of 2018 'Anonymous' op-ed critical of Trump revealed - CNNPolitics

This is breaking news.  Updates will be forthcoming.  

When do the death threats come against him and his family?  Anyone who dares to tell the truth about tRump/contradict, death threats are soon to follow.  

When do the death threats come against him and his family?

The story broke about 45 minutes ago, so I would guess that the threats started 44 minutes ago.

It could have been hundreds of disillusioned bitter ex Trump staffers with their intimate knowledge of Trump's imany nadequacies and deficiencies...

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Breaking News: An ex-Homeland Security official, Miles Taylor, reveals he was the anonymous author of a 2018 New York Times Op-Ed describing a “resistance” in the administration.

Treasonous???? The man has the right to speak his mind.

I don't think it was treasonous.  Do you?

Of course not! But I think I'm a little more educated on what treason actually is compared to trmp

I hope Miles is in a safe place.  Trump supporters will not take kindly to this news.

oh absolutely!

I'm wondering what made him out himself.

Here is the op-ed:  (Thanks JR!)

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 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   . [Update: Our answers to some of   those questions are published      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   author   of   this Op-Ed will publish a book in November 2019 titled “A Warning.”]

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

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I'm sure that he will be getting death threats very soon.

He can handle it. I think this is why he has been "full frontal" up to now: to test how much severity a real person would face. As you can tell: he survived and its bearable.  Michael Cohen survived the prison "RAT" stamp from Donald and has written a book too, for crying outloud!  Scaramucci still has a thriving business and is still listed in appropriate social circles.

Haven’t you all heard?  The ‘disgruntled’ label magically makes every bad or unflattering statement about Donald Trump untrue.

I actually had to remember this. Donald just surrounds himself with controversy. It kinda works in a way, puts himself in a fog of controversy and so much of it, it is hard to pinpoint specific ones...

I just found out why Miles Taylor outed himself.  He said he would.

From Business Insider last November:

"As far as anonymity is concerned, I will not keep my identity shrouded in secrecy forever," the author said Tuesday evening in a Reddit post during an AMA, or "ask me anything," interview. "I am not afraid to use my own name to express concern about the current occupant of the Oval Office. Donald Trump has not heard the last of me. There is more to come."

The author of "A Warning," which was released November 19 and has been a best-seller on Amazon, offered a timeline of their self-reveal: "Trump will hear from me, in my own name, before the 2020 election," the person said in another comment.

"The anonymous senior Trump administration official who wrote a 2018 New York Times op-ed and a subsequent book critical of President Donald Trump is Miles Taylor, he revealed in a statement to CNN on Thursday."

But he wasn't a senior administrational official. Another lie by the New York Times!

So this was a huge dud, huh?