It goes without saying that the Trump White House and all of its associated buffoonery has been equal parts terrifying and entertaining. It’s like watching a bizarre version of House of Cards combined with SNL antics, except that these antics have had real-world consequences.
And like House of Cards, you just know there’s going to be some kind of plot twist soon, something that will make you go “well I didn’t see that coming”
Well folks, the latest twist to come out is so bizarre and ridiculous that you will probably get whiplash. That’s because there’s apparently an anti-Trump resistance movement brewing inside the White House.
In a crazy new op-ed published in The New York Times, an anonymous “senior official” from the Trump administration claims that they and many other White House senior officials are “working diligently from within” to try and appease their orange Commander-in-Chief’s agenda while trying to basically stonewall anything dumb or destructive Trump tries to do.
The anonymous pollie writes that this “resistance” group isn’t particularly fond of how Trump has wiped his butt with every kind of democratic norm in American and they intend on putting country first over their Republican party, which is a first since… ever.
Considering how backstabby this current iteration of the White House is, having a resistance group on the inside sounds incredibly awesome and romantic. But let’s not put these anti-Trump insiders on a pedestal just yet.
The anonymous pollie takes great pains to emphasise that they and the “resistance” are made up of conservative orthodox Republicans rather than progressive lefties. In fact, the pollie actually stands by some of Trump’s more questionable policies, like the big tax reform to benefit the rich, the stripping of regulations, and pouring money into the military rather than other areas that need the support.
Not particularly heartening to know that this “resistance” group is made up of people totally fine with removing children from their parents but will whip out the pitchforks when the law starts coming for their bank accounts.
All in all, it’s probably less of a heroic sacrifice from a group of chiseled, selfless pollies trying to save America, and more like a bunch of rich conservative folk who are worried that Trump will ruin the good thing they got going.
The piece definitely struck a chord with Combover Caligula, who responded with a terse yet well-mannered statement.
And by that I mean he took to Twitter and turned on all-caps.
TREASON?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2018
Does the so-called “Senior Administration Official” really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2018
Given the complete fustercluck that is the Trump Administration over the last year and a half (good grief has it only been that long), it’s probably a bit much to expect a knight in shining armour to come save America by destroying the enemy from the inside.
But hey, at least we know now know where the line is drawn for Republicans before they finally start pushing back against Trump.
This probably won’t have a happy ending, or even a bittersweet ending. But considering just how ridiculous this whole saga has been, I’d say the latest season of Trump’s White House has officially jumped the shark so who knows what other crazy shenanigans are in store next.