For the past few weeks, news outlets have been analyzing and debating the anonymous opinion in The New York Times which critically analyzes the decision-making and leadership of President Donald Trump.

The anonymous writer described the environment within the White House and Trump’s poor decisions despite top advisors attempting to reign the president in.

Later in the week, Trump demanded that The New York Times release the name of the anonymous writer via Twitter, insisting that the writer is a threat to national security and must face consequences. Trump continued to criticize the anonymous writer via Twitter, calling them gutless and questioning their legitimacy.

“Does the so-called ‘Senior Administration Official” really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to the government at once!” Trump wrote in a tweet.

Students at Central Connecticut shared their own opinions about the article.

“I am not surprised that someone within the administration spoke out about [Trump’s] actions. It seems like the White House isn’t what it used to be, the White House was a place of integrity and respectful debate. But now it seems like those values are being pushed aside and [the administration] is not supporting everyone in the United States.” – Jaquelyn Daniels, senior, Economics major

“People pushing to know who wrote the article are just nosey because if it was never published by the NYT, no one would know what was going on in the inside. Nowadays we can just go on social media and finds someone face and life, but when people don’t know who it is or what’s going, they get scared.” – Aaron Sanchez, senior, Graphic Design & Marketing major

“It’s not anything new. We have all these leaks coming and it’s almost become like a game. In my opinion, whoever leaked it was trying to get ahead of Bob Woodward’s book and trying to minimize the panic ahead of presidency midterm. I think the reason they did it anonymously is because they knew they would be fired, and everyone likes the idea of having a job. Without their job, they would lose the power to evoke change within the White House.” – Porter Brasell, sophomore, Political Science and Criminology