Michael Moore: Trump May Have Written The Anonymous NYT Op-Ed
- 6 years ago
Michael Moore suggested that President Trump may have penned the anonymous New York Times op-ed.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore recently suggested that President Trump himself may have penned the anonymous New York Times op-ed that slammed his presidency.
"If you want me to make a wild guess, Trump wrote it or one of his minions wrote it," Moore told reporters at the premiere of his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9" on Thursday.
"He's the master distractor," Moore also said about Trump. "He's the king of the misdirect. If we have learned anything by now, it's that he does things to get people to turn away. Let me give you the line in there that is most identifiable that he wants the public to believe. It's the line that says, 'Don't worry, adults are in the room.' That's the idea, to get us to calm down and look away from what he's really doing."
In reference to the op-ed published on September 5, 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."
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore recently suggested that President Trump himself may have penned the anonymous New York Times op-ed that slammed his presidency.
"If you want me to make a wild guess, Trump wrote it or one of his minions wrote it," Moore told reporters at the premiere of his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9" on Thursday.
"He's the master distractor," Moore also said about Trump. "He's the king of the misdirect. If we have learned anything by now, it's that he does things to get people to turn away. Let me give you the line in there that is most identifiable that he wants the public to believe. It's the line that says, 'Don't worry, adults are in the room.' That's the idea, to get us to calm down and look away from what he's really doing."
In reference to the op-ed published on September 5, 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."