An article such as this in the NYT is not worthy of one iota of credence. These articles IMO are part of the resist movement and are tailored to undermine the executive branch by attempting to sow division and suspicion in the upper echelons of our federal government.
I've got to hand it to the progressives, they absolutely know how to fight bare-knuckled in a back alley. They have mastered these techniques very well. Eventually Republicans are going to decide to fight back and the shit is really going to hit the fan and it's very possible our system of government will be a casualty. This is a high stakes game of the highest order and escalation is the name of this game.
Right now, the Democrats are experiencing the downside of Harry Reid instituting the "nuclear option". Mitch McConnell warned that it would come back to bite Democrats on the ass and it most certainly has. But Democrats, who never stop to think of the eventual results of their actions instituted it anyway, Now, they are again not considering the eventual results of their actions. Someday, to paraphrase 0bama, Republicans are going to bring a gun to the knife fight that Democrats started.
0bama told the world that elections have consequences. A very true statement. But the Democrat party which is being hijacked before our eyes by the progressive movement, and with the support of generations of ill-educated supporters have been proven to be incapable of coming to terms with a loss. The everybody's a winner trophies, they were a huge mistake.
But, feel free to believe the Times. Hang your hopes on whatever outcome you envision coming from the most recent of a seemingly endless number of daily stories fabricated to keep you fired up, and convinced you're on the cusp of winning.
But be careful what you wish for. You're not going to be welcome in my bunker if you make it close enough to give me your best pleading look. You'll reap the seeds you've sown. If you think it's not going to come to that, it's probably because the NYT told you you're winning.