Anonymous Trump Official's 'NY Times' Op-Ed Inspires Some Great Memes

On Wednesday, an anonymous 'New York Times' op-ed put everyone into a frenzy. While some panicked over the piece's contents and speculated about its author, others took a bolder stance, and made some really funny memes about it.

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On Wednesday, an anonymous New York Times op-ed put everyone into a frenzy and launched an online investigation into who could be the rat in Donald Trump’s White House (plot twist: it’s probably Donald Trump). If you haven’t read the piece, good for you. It doesn’t say anything we didn’t already know about how unstable, uninformed, and dangerous Trump’s decision making process is.

“It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. We fully recognize what is happening. And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t,” says a senior Trump administration official https://t.co/l2C9qONCHt

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) September 5, 2018

Mostly, the op-ed posed questions about credibility/anonymity in journalism, and why someone who stayed silent during Trump’s Muslim ban and the separation of families at the border is just now speaking out. By far the best thing to come out of this, however, is the memes.

Following the release of the Times piece, some people are changing the headline to something totally unrelated, but equally ridiculous.

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— Kid Beyond — SUFFRAGIST out now! (@kidbeyond) September 6, 2018

Great stuff pic.twitter.com/kBQZMsnA0f

— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) September 5, 2018

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— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 5, 2018

Whoever created this is a damn genius. pic.twitter.com/PA7R98Bpn8

— Erik Loomis (@ErikLoomis) September 5, 2018

Fixed the New York Times editorial for accuracy pic.twitter.com/LfmMTtGb91

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) September 5, 2018

Others are providing funny suggestions as to who might be behind the anonymous piece.

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— gabe bergado (@gabebergado) September 5, 2018

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— Aaron Sankin (@ASankin) September 5, 2018

No matter how bad things get over there in D.C., thank god we can always count on people to make hilarious content out of it.

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