Vladimir Putin claims authorship of the Anonymous New York Times Op-ed

Russian President Putin is claiming to be the high ranking senior  official who authored the New York Times anonymous op-ed who is working to thwart parts of President Trump's agenda.

Putin claims he not regret installing Trump as a puppet leader and appreciated parts of his divisive agenda.  However Putin continued he didn't want his legacy tarnished by some of Trump's less than shrewd decisions.  Furthermore, the Russian leader asserted that Trump was still an asset and most believe that everything he does is based on my direct orders.      Putin elaborated but “I cannot let history record that I chose to hire Omarosa.”  
Special thanks to the Mideast Beast for the theme of this satire!