President Trump on Wednesday called for the New York Times to fire employees responsible for an explosive 2018 op-ed after its anonymous author was revealed as little-known former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor.
“Who is Miles Taylor? Said he was ‘anonymous’, but I don’t know him — never even heard of him,” Trump tweeted during a campaign trip in Arizona.
“Just another @nytimes SCAM — he worked in conjunction with them. Also worked for Big Tech’s @Google. Now works for Fake News @CNN. They should fire, shame, and punish everybody associated with this FRAUD on the American people!”
Trump said moments later at a campaign rally, “Anonymous turned out to be a low-level staffer. A sleazebag. He’s never worked in the White House. Anonymous was a nobody, a disgruntled employee who was quickly removed from this job a long time ago for, they tell me, incompetence.”