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demmiblue

(36,838 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 03:01 PM Oct 2019

Anonymous author of Trump 'resistance' op-ed to publish a tell-all book

Source: WaPo

The author of an anonymous column in the New York Times in 2018, who was identified as a senior Trump administration official acting as part of the “resistance” inside the government, has written a tell-all book to be published next month.

The book, titled, “A WARNING,” is being promoted as “an unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency” that expands upon the Times column, which ricocheted around the world and stoked the president’s rage because of its devastating portrayal of Trump in office.

The column described Trump’s leadership style as “impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective,” and noted that “his impulsiveness results in half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions that have to be walked back.”

The author of the column, which was titled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration” and was published Sept. 5, 2018, was known to the Times but identified by the Times only as a senior official in the Trump administration. The person has not been publicly identified.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anonymous-author-of-trump-resistance-op-ed-to-publish-a-tell-all-book/2019/10/22/b9ea2f42-f45a-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html



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Anonymous author of Trump 'resistance' op-ed to publish a tell-all book (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2019 OP
oh goody. after Nero has finished burning Rome ... (nt) stopdiggin Oct 2019 #1
Exactly. zentrum Oct 2019 #20
More is on it's way... hlthe2b Oct 2019 #2
Won't even guess as so, so many could have penned the column and now the book. machoneman Oct 2019 #3
pOPCORN TIME !!!! ..... no salt on mine. sodium free diet. trueblue2007 Oct 2019 #4
My money is on Ivanaka. n/t Yavin4 Oct 2019 #5
My first thought was Kellyanne Conway. n/t demmiblue Oct 2019 #7
Yes her verbage matches the timing, cadence, and extended use of series of words bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #10
Also, it seems to me that she has a strong sense of self-preservation (to put it politely)... demmiblue Oct 2019 #11
Wanna bet she has been staying in the Trump camp just so that luvtheGWN Oct 2019 #19
+1 H2O Man Oct 2019 #12
That would explain George. gordianot Oct 2019 #13
Makes some sense Bev54 Oct 2019 #16
agree. Kurt V. Oct 2019 #21
I'm pre-ordering that sucker! Mike 03 Oct 2019 #6
This is going to be completely delicious. onecaliberal Oct 2019 #8
Half-baked has to be an older person bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #9
The Acting Sec. of Defense. What's his name -- Esperanto? nt NCjack Oct 2019 #14
My $ s on Carrion Con-way. Her marriage to an outspoken Trump critic makes no sense flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #15
... jcgoldie Oct 2019 #18
I thought about that. But their differences are more ideological. Kellyanne is doing real damage flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #23
I vote Eric. He has done such a masterful job of disguising himself as a dolt, 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #17
What the hell I'll take a shot! White House Communications Director Hope Hicks. usaf-vet Oct 2019 #22
Anyone have a preorder link that isn't Amazon? EarthFirst Oct 2019 #24
Dumpy Trumpy will have his panties in a very Tight WAD!! te he riversedge Oct 2019 #25
Intimate details will drive the orange one further over the edge... Historic NY Oct 2019 #26
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #27
It would be really interesting if this were Ivanka or Kushner. musicblind Oct 2019 #28

machoneman

(4,006 posts)
3. Won't even guess as so, so many could have penned the column and now the book.
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 03:09 PM
Oct 2019

Better, maybe it's like Murder on the Orient Express where 13 different folks wrote it!

Ah, but Gym Jordan would claim it's all a lyin' conspiracy!

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
10. Yes her verbage matches the timing, cadence, and extended use of series of words
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 03:28 PM
Oct 2019

given in the brief excerpt. Good call.

demmiblue

(36,838 posts)
11. Also, it seems to me that she has a strong sense of self-preservation (to put it politely)...
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 03:52 PM
Oct 2019

knowing that we will find out who the author is eventually.

Also, George Conway.

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
19. Wanna bet she has been staying in the Trump camp just so that
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 05:41 PM
Oct 2019

she could write her tell-all book and make megabucks from it? I recall someone (a journalist) letting slip the fact that Conway is one of the leakers (maybe Leaker-in-Chief) that causes Trump fits of rage.

Gawd, those people are SO F'ED UP

Bev54

(10,045 posts)
16. Makes some sense
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 05:25 PM
Oct 2019

No doubt if it is her, George has helped her write it. The problem to me is that whoever it is, is completely chickenshit. They should be sitting in front of the dems impeachment committee, not writing a book. Want to play the hero then be the hero, not writing a book, when you could be the one to solve the problem.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
15. My $ s on Carrion Con-way. Her marriage to an outspoken Trump critic makes no sense
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 04:50 PM
Oct 2019

Plus way back when, during the campaign, Mika & Joe said Kellyanne ended a segment full of usual lies and BS, then off-camera said "I need a shower". She vehemently denied this. Question is, how can she redeem herself when she'd gone out in public and defended the indefensible for so long? Dump likely wouldn't be president without her making him seem reasonable to the public.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
23. I thought about that. But their differences are more ideological. Kellyanne is doing real damage
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 05:49 PM
Oct 2019

by normalizing Trump. It has nothing to do with ideology, she's just a paid hack.

3Hotdogs

(12,365 posts)
17. I vote Eric. He has done such a masterful job of disguising himself as a dolt,
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 05:29 PM
Oct 2019

no one would believe its him.

usaf-vet

(6,178 posts)
22. What the hell I'll take a shot! White House Communications Director Hope Hicks.
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 05:49 PM
Oct 2019

She has seen it all and I would bet she wasn't always treated with respect.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
26. Intimate details will drive the orange one further over the edge...
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 07:22 PM
Oct 2019

he'd spend weeks trying in his mind to figure out who, what, when , where .

musicblind

(4,484 posts)
28. It would be really interesting if this were Ivanka or Kushner.
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 11:55 PM
Oct 2019

While not likely, I wouldn't rule it out. Both were registered Democrats... before everything went to hell.

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