The British newspaper The Independent reported that senior officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on a Republican expert who served for more than a decade in agencies linked to national security, after announcing that she would vote for Democratic candidate Joe Biden during the upcoming presidential elections.

The newspaper said that this attack is not a new thing by Trump administration officials who have been targeting the reputation of federal employees after they issued what was considered "insulting" to the president and his administration, and some of them whose stories remained unknown, such as Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. Bruce Orr.

The newspaper reported that the target of this new campaign was Olivia Troye, a government official who has served for nearly a decade in advisory positions in departments linked to national security such as the Pentagon, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the Departments of Energy and Homeland Security.

She was also the highest-ranking homeland security and counterterrorism assistant to Vice President Mike Pence from May 2018 until last July, as well as his advisor on the Coronavirus.

And Troy said - in a video clip published by the "Republicans Against Trump" group, which includes former Republicans refusing to re-elect the current president - "Since mid-February, we knew very well that it was not about whether Corona would become a big epidemic here, but when ... and he did not want The president hears that, because his biggest concern was that we are in an election year and whether that will affect what he considers his record of success. "

Troy quoted Trump as saying - during a meeting of the task force concerned with combating Corona at the White House - "Perhaps this thing (Covid-19) is a good thing ... because we will not have to shake hands with these disgusting people," referring to some of his critics and opponents.

In response to these statements - the newspaper says - the White House blamed senior officials, led by Mike Pence, Keith Kellogg, Deputy Presidential National Security Adviser, and White House Press Secretary Kylie McNani, on the woman to "falsely" discredit her through hostile statements until she was forced to leave Her post about two months ago.

Mike Pence (left) Vice President Trump participated in the anti-Olivia Troy statements campaign, according to the newspaper (Anatolia)

Paradoxes

The Independent asserts that it is ironic in the Trump administration that this systematic "contempt" and "contempt" by its senior officials for the principle of "nonpartisan civil service" has made many Americans, especially in swing states that Trump needs to stay in the White House, view his administration with suspicion. And suspicion.

This contempt included several other cases in departments such as the Ministries of Justice and Agriculture and the government's Office of Personnel Management.

The newspaper also criticized the current president's administration's handling of the Corona pandemic that killed about 200,000 Americans, and stated that instead of Trump relying on internationally recognized experts, such as Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or Deborah Birx, the Corona virus response coordinator at the White House He now relies on a non-epidemiologist and virologist named Scott Atlas.

Atlas, a frequent guest on Fox News, was chosen by Trump after he drew his attention for his repeated attacks on health measures advocated by public health experts.

The newspaper concludes that in light of Trump's use and taking the views of people like Atlas, it is not surprising that Americans are concerned about the Corona virus vaccine, which Trump hints every time that it will be magically available by a "very special day", possibly referring to election day.

"If people like Olivia Troy warn us that Trump only cares about being re-elected," she adds, it is very likely that these people are right.