Trump Calls on New York Times to Reveal ‘Coward’ behind Op-ed

US President Donald Trump has described as “horrible” an anonymous New York Times article that the paper claims were written by a senior official in the Trump administration.

Speaking at a rally in Montana last night, President Trump questioned if it was subversion or treason and claimed that even liberals who hate him thought it was terrible.

US President Donald Trump described the anonymous writer of The New York Times article as a “gutless coward” as he addressed crowds.

He said that the NYT should publish the person’s name for the sake of national security and that unelected, deep state operatives are a “threat to democracy”.

The New York Times says the article was written by a senior official in the Trump administration.

The writer claims staff are alarmed at the president’s erratic behavior and that there is a resistance within the administration.

“Are the investigative ‘journalists’ of the New York Times going to investigate themselves – who is the anonymous letter writer?,” Trump tweeted ahead of a rally in Montana.

The Times acknowledged the “rare step” of publishing an anonymous editorial but said the official’s job would be jeopardized if they were identified.

The piece described a “two-track” presidency in which Trump says one thing and his staff consciously does another, citing the president’s alleged preference “for autocrats and dictators.”