President Donald Trump believes the author of the anonymous New York Times op-ed characterizing him as “detrimental to the health of our republic” was written by a member of his national security team, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told CNN. “The president ... just said he believes it’s somebody in national security,” Conway told Christiane Amanpour in an interview that will air on CNN and PBS on Monday. The op-ed author emphasized the “resistance” inside the Trump administration on foreign policy. Trump also told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday that the op-ed author likely has a security clearance and access to high-level meetings on national security strategy. “Speculation that The New York Times op-ed was written by me or my principal deputy is patently false.

Source: Huffington Post September 09, 2018 01:07 UTC