President Trump on Monday insisted that the White House is a "smooth running machine."

Days after the New York Times published an anonymous op-ed that sharply criticizes President Trump and portrays a chaotic White House, the president is firing back on Twitter.
"The White House is a 'smooth running machine.' We are making some of the biggest and most important deals in our country's history - with many more to come! The Dems are going crazy!" Trump tweeted Monday morning. 
The Times notes the writer is a senior Trump administration official whose "identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers." That individual writes: "President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader…The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations." "The root of the problem is the president's amorality. Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making," the writer adds.  The op-ed goes on to stress that "we fully recognize what is happening. And we are trying to do what's right even when Donald Trump won't."