Here's a link to the column. I think you get 5 free reads a day at NYTimes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/opinion/trump-and-pruitt-will-make-america-gasp-again.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region