![]() ![]() Woodward dismissed their written statements as unpersuasive. Indeed, Kelly has denied that he called Trump "an idiot," and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has denied that, after a particularly contentious National Security Council meeting, he said the president had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader." ![]() "Many have already come forward to say the quotes by them, like the book, are fiction." "The Woodward book is a Joke - just another assault against me, in a barrage of assaults, using now disproven unnamed and anonymous sources," he declared in one of a string of derisive tweets Monday. The book, being published Tuesday by Simon and Schuster, already has gotten the president's attention. NEW YORK – Bob Woodward titled his new book "Fear," the word Donald Trump once told the journalist described "real power." But the author had other possibilities in his pocket: "Crazytown," a quote he attributes to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, or maybe the phrase that Kelly's predecessor, Reince Priebus, used to describe the Trump administration: "Zoo Without Walls."Īll the names suggest the portrait Woodward paints of a White House in chaos, led by an erratic president whose own top aides maneuver to prevent him from taking steps they worry could be catastrophic. Watch Video: 5 takeaways following a conversation with Bob Woodward ![]()
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