MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Many senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have been working from within to frustrate parts of his agenda to protect the country from his worst impulses, an anonymous Trump official wrote in the New York Times on Wednesday [9-5-18]. In the column, the official described ‘early whispers’ among members of Trump’s Cabinet to take steps to remove him as president, but added they decided against it to avoid a constitutional crisis. The official wrote that the root of the problem was that Trump is amoral and not moored to any discernible principles that guide his decision-making…Asked about the column during a White House event, Trump called it a ‘gutless editorial,’ bashed the New York Times as ‘failing,’ and ticked off economic achievements that he said were proof of his leadership.”
–Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, “Senior Trump official describes resistance inside administration: NY Times Op-Ed,” Reuters, September 6, 2018 2:45 pm