Guessing Game: Who is Anonymous in NY Time Editorial?

[louis c]

The obvious first choice is General Mattis. A case could be made for General Kelly. I've even heard Jerrod and Ivanka's names mentioned.

I'm really, really going to get flamed here, but my guess is Kellyanne Conway.

Please don't shoot me down until you at least listen to my reasoning. Kellyanne entered the Republican primary season bashing Trump. She was a Cruz supporter. I think that's where her heart really is. Conway took over after Manafort. She's a Koch Brother's favorite, and they ain't on board with Trump anymore. Her Husband is a Trump basher. Imagine that conversation at dinner every night. Maybe anonymous is a composite of two or three senior officials, after all there's a lot of "we's' in this article.

There's going to be a guessing game as to who penned this NY Times article. Don't be surprised if we don't end up with Kellyanne Conway as the author.

[GusBob]

1. The collective "we" struck me too

The person purports to speak for a cabal

I never watched that show the Apprentice, but this is how it went, one team conspiring on the other? Vicious back stabbing?

[samnsara]

2. Its someone high enuff they got the OK from the others to make a blanket statement and

publish it. My guess is Kelly or Mattis...

[marylandblue]

3. The reference to the cabinet talking about the 25th Amendment

Makes me think it's a cabinet member or Pence. They would be the only ones to be able to do it, and they never would have let that conversation out of the room.

[DURHAM D]

4. Pence

[Midnight Writer]

11. Absolutely Pence. Or at least a Pence ally.

Notice he/she/they agree with overall policy direction, but are dismayed by Trump's recklessness.

[DURHAM D]

12. This is a desperate attempt to hold onto the House.

Many people are involved in this plot including House and Senate leadership.

Also, if word leaks out it won't matter because Pence can not be fired by Trump.

[Sneederbunk]

5. Hard to believe, but we may have some real heroes in this administration.

[maxrandb]

6. Melania

The tell was when the article writer signed off with "Be Best"

[HipChick]

14. lmao

[Wellstone ruled]

7. My guess is Amarosa.

Someone with a Journalism background.

[Dr Vegas]

8. I can imagine a SNL Bit

In my mind, I can imagine a bit as a takeoff of "Spartacus" , We will be at a WH Staff Meeting, and Trump whines about the NYT piece and one by one, staff members stand up and say "I am the Resistance at the White House".,
"No, I am the resistance at the White House"...,

[Gothmog]

9. From Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

10. I'll go way out on a limb

And assert that it's some traitorous, chickenshit motherfucker, hiding behind an unwarranted cloak of anonymity, who's just fine with what Trump's doing to the country, but has the teensiest weensiest twinge of vestigial conscience, and who has an in with the New York Times, which agreed to protect his identity.

Based on all that except the conscience thing, it could be anyone in the White House. Based on the conscience thing, it couldn't be anyone in the White House.

[louis c]

19. Wow, that defines K. Conway

[alfie]

13. I'm thinking Pence

He is setting himself up as one of a group of really wonderful, accomplished, honorable, smart, etc. people With the mention of the 25th, he is indicating a solution that would leave himself as the leader of this truly wonderful staff of hard working folks.

[TeamPooka]

15. Putin.

[Recursion]

16. It's the Op-Ed on the Orient Express

Time to start reminding reporters that "junta" starts with a j.

[First Speaker]

17. It's odd that nobody is suggesting Sessions...

...do they figure he's too dumb to write complete sentences and paragraphs, like the author of the article? Whatever...he'd seem to be a likely suspect. Right in plain view, and we know Trump is frustrated by his--Sessions--not doing enough to follow Trump's instructions in frustrating the Mueller probe. And he would know if anyone had been talking about 25th amendment remedies.

[GusBob]

18. If Trump can find Obamas Birth certificate

He came figure this out