Holy Fuckballs!

[Aroura]

So, they are willing to keep a dangerous and damaged person in office just so they can use him to push through their agenda, all the while patting themselves on the back as heros for secretly controlling a few of his worst impulses.

Then announcing it publicly so that he'll be harder to control.

Disgusting, stupid, selfish, narcissistic idiots, the lot of them.

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It would make sense that it was Pence as he is probably biding his time waiting for Trump to blow up and then step in to become president. If he can then say that he was part of the resistance then it means that he can avoid the fallout from Trump's departure.

Of course it would be simple for the NYT to just claim this and watch Trump sack everyone around him. I doubt they did make it up though. But this also points again to Pence as the author. Because his position is the safest no matter who Trump replaces. Can a president get rid of a vice president?

What would the motives be for anyone else writing this? All they do is risk losing their jobs.

The only motive I see is to try to win back moderates for the midterms. See folks? It looks scary but secretly everything is under control.

They want people to ignore the smoke, telling them they've got the fire under control.

My theory anyway. It could still be Pence, too. He makes Trump look bad while distancing himself, and maybe saves a few R seats while he's at it.