President Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser in Fargo, N.D., Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and an anonymous op-ed in The New York Times (all times local):9:50 p.m.President Donald Trump says he can identify up to five people who could have written the anonymous New York Times opinion piece criticizing his leadership. Trump also claims the issue is “reverberating in the opposite direction.” He says people think it’s “disgusting” that the Times would publish such a piece. ___12:25 p.m.President Donald Trump says Attorney General Jeff Sessions should investigate the identity of the author of an anonymous New York Times opinion piece. Trump says in an interview Friday with reporters aboard Air Force One that he believes the opinion piece critical of his leadership is a “national security” issue.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2018 01:52 UTC