President Trump demanded Wednesday that the New York Times turn over a White House official who admitted in an anonymous op-ed to “working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.”
“Does the so-called ‘Senior Administration Official’ really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!” Trump tweeted, along with a video of him responding to the op-ed and the word “TREASON?”
The Times acknowledged when it published the op-ed that giving the writer anonymity was a “rare step,” saying it had done so at the request of the author, because his or her “job would be jeopardized by its disclosure.”