IMHO - The NYT's OpEd Is A Message To Repug's In The House & Senate That....
we on the inside have things under control and there is no need for you to push for impeachment or to move along the lines of the 25th A.
Yeah - Trump may do some outlandish things - but we inside won't let him stray too far - we got our eye on him so just sit back and let us (the Resistance) make sure that we achieve all that the Repug Party want to achieve and when or if Trump stray's - we make sure he won't do any damage.
So - this OpEd is just a subtle message to Congress that we inside got things under control.
They want the public and the MSM think that Trump is 'volcanic' and that there is 'chaos' in the WH. That's a nice narrative to keep those people pacified that the end is maybe near. However, have no fear fellow Repugs - we'll keep marching in the direction we've been marching and we'll achieve those other goals we have of overturning R v W; ACA; other social programs; etc.