Quote (Ghot @ 5 Sep 2018 17:43)
An "anonymous" op-ed. LMFAO
/e You're 100% right about that door.jpg Lolololol
Quote (Black XistenZ @ 5 Sep 2018 18:35)
How convenient that this story comes out 2 days after the midterm race turns into full gear. A story which confirms all of the Democratic talking points and mainstream media reporting on the Trump White House and sounds like it came directly out of the pen of Democratic spin doctors. :rolleyes:
Quote (Goomshill @ 5 Sep 2018 18:46)
What do you guys think the odds are of this being a real op-ed or a troll/hoax/otherwise fake?
There are competing factors to boost/hamper the credibility. For one, there's the long record of hoaxes/fakes. But we also know that some staffers in the white house have absolutely been engaged in nefarious schemes- the senate intelligence staffer banging the NYTimes presstitute for example. Its likely he's not alone. There's the element of fairly unimportant staffers / functionaries who could present themselves as 'senior administration officials', like that very guy, but not really be anyone consequential. And in the white house, there should be no shortage of them. Then there's the mindgame aspect, where they'd have motive to run such a fake story just to get clicks and try to get Trump to be paranoid.
When the NYT quotes an anonymous source making sensationalist claims, that doesn't tell us much if its real or not. But putting a guess to it? I'd say most likely scenario is LARP'ing secretary/staffer, not anyone actual important official, a member of the shallow state not muh deep state
So y'all are going in that this is more or less fake news? I think it's legit. I'll take the L if I'm wrong.