Только что произошло очень необычное событие -- NYT опубликовал колонку анонимного автора. Это уже необычно но это еще далеко не вся необычность. Анонимный автор -- "a senior official in the Trump administration" . Вот как представляет этот essay NYT: The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration 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. We invite you to submit a question about the essay or our vetting process here . А вот сама статья: I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration Приведу несколько цитат. Суть статьи, наверное, в этом: President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader. It’s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall. 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. I would know. I am one of them. To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous. But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic. That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office. И в этом отрывке, и дальше автор подчеркивает, что он/она отнюдь не левак какой-то, многое ему/ей нравится -- налоговая реформа, то, се. Но Трамп представляет угрозу для страны, и мы даже думали его отстранить к чертовой матери за сумасшествие, но так и не решились, так что будь что будет: 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. But 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. Но не нужно слишком уж беспокоиться: It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. We fully recognize what is happening. And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t. Там и еще есть всякое, про Россию, в частности, немного. Но лучше прочитайте целиком. Статья -- и то, как она опубликована, и, главное, само ее содержание -- оставляют очень странное впечатление. Вот как представляет эту статью James Poniewozik : I Am Willing to Sacrifice Anything to Protect Our Democracy, Up to But Not Including Losing an Election or Giving Up Literally Any Policy That I Support: A Hero's Story. Ashley Feinberg формулирует более кратко: lol go fuck yourself man Как бы там ни было, Трампу это не может понравиться. Так что можно ожидать, как минимум, твитов о Failing NYT, а как максимум... а черт его знает, что ему в голову придет. Update: LOL, this is the best guess so far -- Benjy Sarlin : What if Q wrote it?