The anonymous opinion piece by a senior White House official detailing how members of Trump's cabinet is effectively trying to protect the country from its president has predictably infuriated the man himself.
But while Trump has begun a furious hunt through the corridors of the White House to find out who wrote the New York Times piece, the internet has had a more humorous response.
Hilarious memes ascribe the column to everyone from Tiffany Trump and the Easter Bunny to the First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Others make fun of the President's desperate efforts to unmask the writer of the anonymous article.
The op-ed describes President Trump as 'impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective' in the way he manages the government.
The author claims to be part of an organized 'resistance' whose goal is 'to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting [President] Trump's more misguided impulses until he is out of office.'
In an online introduction, the Times says the author's 'identity is known to us' and the person's 'job would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers.'
The essay describes a 'quiet resistance' that by its nature has remained secret but isn't designed to bring Trump down – only to curb his worst impulses.
'Ours is not the popular 'resistance' of the left,' the author writes. 'We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.'
'But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.'
So rather than risk the invocation of the Constitution's 25th Amendment, the prescribed route for removing a president, he boasts that 'we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until – one way or another – it's over.'
This article has been adapted from its original source.
