After two years of guessing the identity of the "inner ghost" in the White House, now I finally have an answer.

　　According to the New York Times, on October 28, local time, Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security, officially admitted that he had written an article under the pseudonym "Anonymous" in the New York Times in 2018 and criticized Lampe was "impulsive, aggressive, trivial, and ineffective."

Taylor is also the author of the book "A Warning" (signed as "Anonymous" when it was published), in which he described Trump as an "undisciplined and unethical" leader.

　　Taylor posted a four-page statement online.

In the statement, Taylor continued his previous style and continued to criticize the Trump administration's "incompetence". At the same time, he explained the reasons why he chose to anonymously reveal the news, and explained why he chose to take off his mask and face the public directly.

　　Who is Miles Taylor?

Behind the anonymous criticism reflects what kind of divisions within the White House?

Who is Miles Taylor?

　　Miles Taylor graduated from Indiana University and is a Marshall Scholar in International Relations at Oxford University.

He served as a senior aide to Michael McCall, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee for two years.

　　In 2017, Taylor joined the Department of Homeland Security and served as a senior adviser during John Francis Kelly's tenure as the Secretary of Homeland Security, and then served as Deputy Chief of Staff after Ms. Kirsten Nelson became the Secretary of Homeland Security. He was promoted in 2018. For the chief of staff.

After Nelson resigned in April 2019, Taylor served as Chief of Staff to Kevin McCallis, Acting Minister of Justice, until his resignation in June of the same year.

　　Taylor’s work is mainly related to issues such as immigration, cybersecurity, and terrorism. He has participated in the formulation of the Trump administration’s controversial policies, including issuing travel bans to people from Muslim countries, imposing a zero tolerance policy on illegal immigrants, and at the border. Separate children from their parents.

　　According to Taylor, he is a member of the Republican Party, which is why he first joined the Trump administration. "As a member of the Republican Party, I want to see a Republican president succeed."

　　However, after working in the Trump administration for two years, Taylor apparently changed his views.

"I have witnessed Trump's incompetence in crises too many times. His personal flaws have led to his failure in leadership, and now his failure requires Americans to pay for their lives."

　　After Taylor announced his identity, Trump immediately issued a Twitter response.

Even if many photos of Trump and Taylor attending the meeting can be found, Trump still said that he did not know Taylor.

"Who is Miles Taylor?" He said he was an'anonymous,' but I didn't know him or even heard of him.

"Trump claimed that this was another scam by the New York Times.

What sensation has "Anonymous" caused?

　　In 2018, the "New York Times" published a column article "I am a resister in the Trump administration" written by "Anonymous", claiming that there is "silent resistance" within the White House to protect the country from The President's "reckless intuition" hurt.

　　According to the "Washington Post" report, this article caused an uproar and sparked speculation about the author's identity in the following years.

Especially the White House, it took a long time to find this "anonymous".

At that time, Trump called the “anonymous” move as “treason” on Twitter and declared that this article was related to national security. He hoped that the then Attorney General Jeff Sessions could initiate an investigation to find the anonymous.

　　In 2019, the "Anonymous" returned again and published the book "A Warning".

This book presents Trump’s decision-making process in internal state management and foreign policy through the details of daily meetings. The book says that Trump’s ruling style is like "a 12-year-old child in an air traffic control tower. Pressing the government policy button at will, and being indifferent to the off-course aircraft."

　　In the author's description, Trump has no rules in the governance of national affairs.

Trump does not have a managerial mind, and he does not know much about the basic mechanisms of governing the country-for example, he asks the attorney general to do work outside of his authority, or asks Jared Kushner (Trump’s Son-in-law) holds any number of positions.

The author wrote: "He asked the Secretary of Defense to do the work of the Secretary of State, and he also asked the Secretary of Attorney to do the national intelligence work. Sometimes, he asked Kushner to do all their work at the same time."

　　The author believes that Trump's appointments and removals of officials are mostly "reckless". For example, Trump wants to cancel the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court because he is considered to lack gratitude.

The author pointed out that Trump lacks basic respect for rules and legal principles. He once witnessed Trump saying to his aides, "Don't worry about Congress, just do what you need to do."

　　In terms of foreign policy, Trump appears even more ruthless.

According to the description in the book, Trump proposed to classify all illegal immigrants as "enemy combatants," consider them together with the arrested Al-Qaeda members, and transfer them to the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

　　When discussing the murder of the Saudi journalist Khashoggi, the party was discussing whether to take measures against the Saudi authorities. Trump immediately turned to the oil issue, "Oil prices will rise to 150 US dollars a barrel, you know. How expensive is the battle? How stupid I am to start a war."

　　In response to all the details in "A Warning", Stephanie Grisham, then White House Press Secretary, responded that this is a "fictional work" full of lies about the president, accusing the author of being a "coward hiding behind the lies." ".

Why choose to disclose your identity now?

　　According to Taylor, he chose to remain anonymous because he was worried that Trump and his allies would divert the public's attention from substantive criticism after he made his identity public.

"I decided to publish this article anonymously because this debate has nothing to do with me," Taylor wrote, "removing my identity and depriving him of the opportunity to cause interference."

　　As the US election is approaching, Taylor chooses to expose his identity at this moment, and hopes to attract voters to support Biden at the final point.

Taylor pointed out that now every American has an important decision to make, "Considering this, I think he is not worthy of re-election, and we should not go through this process again."

　　According to the “Washington Post” report, Taylor not only urged Republicans to vote for Biden, a Democrat, but also urged other officials in the Trump administration to “recover their conscience as soon as possible”.

　　The US media pointed out that the "Anonymous" incident actually reflected the opposition to Trump in the White House and the Republican Party.

　　The New York Times believes that Taylor's first anonymous article is the beginning of the gradual emergence of divisions within the White House.

Subsequently, a group of officials who had held important positions in the Trump administration stood up and publicly criticized Trump’s leadership and personality traits, including former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Trump’s third national security adviser. John Bolton et al.

　　Disagreements are not limited to the White House. In fact, since the end of last year, numerous voices against Trump have emerged in the Republican Party.

On December 17, 2019, the Political Action Committee named "Project Lincoln" published an article "We are Republicans, and we are determined to defeat Trump" in the New York Times.

They said that in the 2020 general election, they will persuade conservatives dissatisfied with Trump and Republican independents in swing states to switch to Democratic candidates and no longer contribute to Trump’s unconstitutional behavior, even if it means The Democrats control the Senate and expand their majority in the House of Representatives.

　　The article wrote, "Even though we still have many policy differences with the Democrats, our common loyalty to the Constitution requires us to work together."

　　"Time" wrote an article pointed out that the ultimate effect and influence of the opposition in the Republican Party is still unknown.

Many Republicans, including the Trump campaign camp, are even more dismissive of them, believing that Trump is so popular among Republican voters that no one can move him.

　　However, the US media pointed out that Taylor’s move was to expose his identity as one of the "October Surprise", which may have some impact on Trump's election.

　　Beijing News reporter Xie Lian

　　Trainee reporter Luan Ruoxi