Iran Press / America: The president vented his fury at the essay, which the newspaper said it had taken the rare step of running anonymously, saying the writer’s “identity is known to us” and their “job would be jeopardized by its disclosure”.
Its publication has prompted a frenzied search for the author.
Trump called for the writer of the column to be revealed in tweets on Wednesday evening, with one asking starkly: “TREASON?”
Then in a follow up tweet, he insisted: “If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once.”
According to the British newspaper, The Guardian, a defiant Trump, appearing at an unrelated event at the White House, said of the New York Times: “They don't like Donald Trump and I don't like them.”
The essay immediately triggered a guessing game as to the author's identity on social media, in newsrooms and inside the White House. The article’s language was being scrutinized for clues.
The writer of the New York Times op-ed says Trump aides are aware of the president's faults and "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."
The writer, also claims to be part of the “resistance” to Trump and says: “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 column went on: “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 White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, accused the author of choosing to “deceive” the president by remaining in the administration.
“He is not putting country first, but putting himself and his ego ahead of the will of the American people,” she said. “The coward should do the right thing and resign.”
Sanders also called on the New York Times to "issue an apology" for publishing the piece, calling it a "pathetic, reckless, and selfish op-ed".
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