US officials denies criticizing President Trump’s ineffective leadership style

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Top Trump administration officials are denying they are the author of an anonymous New York Times opinion piece criticizing President Donald Trump’s “petty and ineffective” leadership style.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking during a visit to India, called the article “sad,” saying he finds “the media's efforts in this regard to undermine this administration incredibly disturbing.”


The director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, released a statement saying: “Speculation that The New York Times op-ed was written by me or my Principal Deputy is patently false. We did not.”

Others issuing denials included Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and Energy Secretary Rick Perry.

The Times said the author is a senior administration official whose job would be jeopardized if that person's identity is made public.

The anonymous writer asserts the president's worst impulses are frequently foiled by his own staff.

The author of the piece writes, “it may be cold comfort in this chaotic era” but wants Americans to know that “there are adults in the room.”

Trump responded to the article with a series of comments after it was published Wednesday, including a tweet demanding the newspaper name the source for prosecution.

“Does the so-called 'Senior Administration Official' really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source?” Trump said on Twitter. “If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!”