A socialist orientation to the splits in the Trump administration and capitalist class
NOVANEWS
By Brian Becker
The author of the New York Times op-ed represents the managers of the permanent state apparatus. Art by Liberation News. Original photo by Michael Vadon / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
The struggle inside and among the capitalist ruling class is taking another sharp, surprising turn with the publication in the New York Times of an extraordinary anonymous article by someone described as a top official within the Trump Administration.
The article not only denounces Donald Trump but asserts that there has been a secret effort underway from senior Trump officials to more directly control his presidency until it comes to an end — “one way or another.” This high-level grouping has secretly weighed the possibility of removing him from office. For now, the official says, t...