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political stage perfectly captures this moment in history. Tonight, a piece of writing that is deeply consequential or completelyirrelevant. Either an act of bravery or cowardice. More than two dozen Trump Administration officials have disavowed the anonymous oped. Its possible we havent seen
bigger than that. the main thing about this is that it s just completely distracting from what government should be about. i mean, government should be about not just the next news cycle but planning for the future and trying to accomplish big things that individuals can t accomplish. we seem to be consumed with this stuff. my view of the person who wrote it, a lot of people have said they think it s cowardly. i don t think that. i think it s good to hear these voices. and others should come out. yamish, you spend all your time reporting on the white house. what is your latest view from the inside? how destabilizing is this, and how many people in your view disagree with this op-ed? i think the people who disagree are the president s most loyal people around him, which is really probably melania trump, some of his children and, really, maybe a couple people from the campaign. but there are a lot of people as you know, republicans what they ll tell you off the record is an eye roll
heartbeat, and would submit to any review of the administration. do you think that the administration should do that? look, that would be a decision for the president. that, of course, is on the record. in the aftermath of the piece, two senior administration officials reached out to axios to say on background that the author stole the words right out of their mouths. i find the reaction to the nyt op-ed fascinating that people seemed so shocked that there s a resistance from the inside. a lot of us were wishing we d been the writer, i suspect. i hope trump knows, maybe he does, that there are dozens and dozens of us. and with that, i d like to welcome in my panel. white house correspondent yamish. nbc news intelligence reporter ken dilanian, jo ling kent and stuart stevens. great to have all of you on
it s often used, people say i don t like the tweets but it s really about something much bigger than that. the main thing about this is that it s just completely distracting from what government should be about. i mean, government should be about not just the next news cycle but planning for the future and trying to accomplish big things that individuals can t accomplish. we seem to be consumed with this stuff. my view of the person who wrote it, a lot of people have said they think it s cowardly. i don t think that. i think it s good to hear these voices. and others should come out. yamish, you spend all your time reporting on the white house. what is your latest view from the inside? how destabilizing is this, and how many people in your view disagree with this op-ed? i think the people who disagree are the president s most loyal people around him, which is really probably melania trump, some of his children and, really, maybe a couple people
a lie detector test, and would you agree to take one? i would agree to take it in a heartbeat, and would submit to any review of the administration. do you think that the administration should do that? look, that would be a decision for the president. that, of course, is on the record. in the aftermath of the piece, two senior administration officials reached out to axios to say on background that the author stole the words right out of their mouths. i find the reaction to the nyt op-ed fascinating that people seemed so shocked that there s a resistance from the inside. a lot of us were wishing we d been the writer, i suspect. i hope trump knows, maybe he does, that there are dozens and dozens of us. and with that, i d like to welcome in my panel. white house correspondent yamish. nbc news intelligence reporter ken dilanian, jo ling kent and stuart stevens. great to have all of you on board tonight. stewart, i want to start with