President Donald Trump's Cabinet gathers in the Oval Office on March 13, 2017.Donald Trump/Twitter
Peter Van Buren, Reuters: Insider Trump resisters are not heroes
The unnamed insiders who claim to be working clandestinely to resist Donald Trump are not heroes. As a State Department whistleblower who lost his career to tell the truth about the Iraq war, I am burdened by how the interviewees in Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” and the anonymous writer of that New York Times “resistance” Op-Ed are hailed as patriots holding back the U.S. president’s worst impulses through fibs and bureaucratic tricks. Having faced similar choices, I know their approach is neither honorable, nor effective.
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WNU Editor: Peter Van Buren is correct. No one should join the government to do only things they think are personally right. In the end the policy goals of the President becomes the policy of the United States, and when that happens there has to be unity when implementing it. If you do not want to implement these policies .... well then .... that is when you will have to look for another job.