There was an editorial in the New York Times by an anonymous White House staffer who claims to be actively undermining the president. Some of it's good, some bad.
The guy claims that Trump is "amoral" because he's trying to improve relations with Russia and North Korea. Trump, like Obama and Bush, was the peace candidate. It's is probably why they won. Bush lost the popular vote because his criminal convictions for drunk driving were exposed just before the election (he was winning before that). Trump lost the popular vote because he was the worst candidate imaginable and a horrible borderline human being.
Trump campaigned on improving relations with Russia. And, no, Putin is not a "dictator", no more than Yeltsin was and the U.S. loved that guy.
On the other hand, Trump ordered that plans be made for an attack on North Korea and wanted a massive attack on Syria (Hillary Clinton's only campaign promise). Thank God his staff refused.
Decades after the Nuremberg Trials, people still use the "I Was Only Following Orders" defense. I just had some alleged liberals use that to defend John McCain's war crimes. But it turns out that the president himself can directly order you to do something and, even if it's your job, nobody's holding a gun to your head.
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