Any of a multitude of Heritage Foundation type Republicans could have written this. Yeah, it could be someone from Mike Pence’s staff. It could be someone from the offices of Mitch McConnell or Paul Ryan. It could be John Kelly. I seriously doubt it’s either Nikki Haley or Mike Pompeo though because they both have future presidential aspirations and they need the average Trump voter. The reference to John McCain is interesting, but that in itself doesn’t sell me on the notion it’s Dan Coats or even the swarmy Lindsey Graham. I wonder if Ivanka & Jared Trump are considered current senior staff members? I also wonder if she could write something like this. I noticed at Trump’s stump speech in Montana he couldn’t pronounce the word anonymous. Sigh. I guess that Degree in Hucksterism from Wharton isn’t all it needs to be.
I also find it odd this Op-Ed came out at just about the same time Bob Woodward’s book on the ultimate huckster is about to be released.
How would Vegas handicap this?
I’m guessing Vegas would have the odds of the writer of this Op-Ed with something like this… 1 someone associated with Pence, 2 John Kelly, or 3 maybe Dan Coats. Maybe it’s someone none of us are thinking of.
But again, there’s nothing in this Op-Ed most of us haven’t been writing since the day Donald Trump was sworn in.