NewsVine_Mariyam
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...when the NY Times story broke. He saw his worse fears come true although I guess it's must have been gratifying on some level to know that he wasn't just being paranoid [/sarc]
On the hunt for a betrayer, a 'volcanic' Trump lashes out
The president vented his frustration Wednesday in the wake of an anonymous op-ed article that rattled the White House.
by Hallie Jackson, Kristen Welker and Peter Alexander / Sep.05.2018 / 7:40 PM ET / Updated Sep.06.2018 / 1:26 AM ET
Sep.05.201802:28
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, forced to contend with the possibility that a senior member of his administration, along with others, may be trying to undermine his authority, erupted in private on Wednesday, according to multiple aides and allies familiar with his thinking. They described his mood as “volcanic.”
An anonymous opinion article published in The New York Times earlier in the day, which the newspaper said was written by a senior administration official, asserted that a handful of appointees, serving at the highest levels of the Trump administration, consider the president to be “amoral,” and on the precipice of dangerous decisions that could put the country at risk.
The president publicly described the article as "gutless" as his press secretary berated the author as a "coward" who, she suggested, should resign.
The article followed published excerpts from a forthcoming book by Bob Woodward that included examples of Trump’s own cabinet officials and senior aides balking at his orders, defying his commands and privately disparaging him to others.
The president vented his frustration Wednesday in the wake of an anonymous op-ed article that rattled the White House.
by Hallie Jackson, Kristen Welker and Peter Alexander / Sep.05.2018 / 7:40 PM ET / Updated Sep.06.2018 / 1:26 AM ET
Sep.05.201802:28
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, forced to contend with the possibility that a senior member of his administration, along with others, may be trying to undermine his authority, erupted in private on Wednesday, according to multiple aides and allies familiar with his thinking. They described his mood as “volcanic.”
An anonymous opinion article published in The New York Times earlier in the day, which the newspaper said was written by a senior administration official, asserted that a handful of appointees, serving at the highest levels of the Trump administration, consider the president to be “amoral,” and on the precipice of dangerous decisions that could put the country at risk.
The president publicly described the article as "gutless" as his press secretary berated the author as a "coward" who, she suggested, should resign.
The article followed published excerpts from a forthcoming book by Bob Woodward that included examples of Trump’s own cabinet officials and senior aides balking at his orders, defying his commands and privately disparaging him to others.