As official Washington excitedly trades theories about who authored the brazenly disloyal New York Times op-ed targeting the “amoral” character of President Trump and his policies, the president’s supporters should note well the central truth exposed in that gutless “opinion piece”: Namely, that there is a dedicated band of “senior officials in his own administration [who] are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of [the Trump] agenda.”

In nothing is this more apparent than in the recent revelation that a secret, inter-agency committee has recently been convened by social conservatives in the White House at variance with Trump’s stated support for easing the federal ban on marijuana. Trump has hinted he would allow states to forge their own paths on legalization without fear of contradicting federal policy or opening themselves to law enforcement action from Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department.