The democratic crisis described by Bob Woodward and the anonymous New York Times op-ed

The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website September 6, 2018:

An anonymous Trump official wrote a column published by the New York Times on Sept. 5, describing how senior officials are working to protect the nation. (Reuters)

Tucked into that New York Times op-ed from an anonymous senior Trump administration official is a brief mention of the 25th Amendment — that mirage many Americans see as they trudge through their own personal deserts in the Trump Era.

“Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president,” wrote the official, making some news. “But,” the official added, “no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until — one way or another — it’s over.”

So the person who says members of Trump’s administration are actively working against him and trying to prevent him from acting upon his own decisions … doesn’t want this whole thing to turn into a crisis?

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‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed

The following article by Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey was posted on the Washington Post website September 5, 2018:

An anonymous Trump official wrote a column published by the New York Times on Sept. 5, describing how senior officials are working to protect the nation. (Reuters)

President Trump and his aides reacted with indignation Wednesday to an unsigned opinion column from a senior official blasting the president’s “amorality” and launched a frantic hunt for the author, who claims to be part of a secret “resistance” inside the government protecting the nation from its commander in chief.

The extraordinary column, published anonymously in the New York Times, surfaced one day after the first excerpts emerged from Bob Woodward’s new book, in which Trump’s top advisers painted a devastating portrait of the president and described a “crazytown” atmosphere inside the White House.

Taken together, they landed like a thunder clap, portraying Trump as a danger to the country that elected him and feeding the president’s paranoia about whom around him he can trust.

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