TRUMP REAGAN CLAIMS

DONALD Trump yesterday dismissed speculation about his mental stability, saying he was being targeted in the way Ronald Reagan had been.

The President, who had already tweeted that he was a “very stable genius”, said his 1980s predecessor also had to put up with “fake books”.

But his reference to Mr Reagan only provoked more ridicule because the actorturned-politician had Alzheimer’s while in the White House.

Mr Trump is at war with author Michael Wolff whose book portrays the 71-year-old President — the oldest to take office — as losing his mind.

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House claims that Mr Trump is as impulsive as a child, repeats himself and cannot remember old friends.

Mr Wolff said that the constitution’s 25th amendment, which allows for the removal of a mentally unfit president, is discussed in the White House all the time.

He said: “This is not an exaggeration and it’s not unreasonable to say this is 25th amendment kind of stuff — it’s s a concept that’s alive every day in the White House”.

Mr Trump responded by tweeting: “I’ve had to put up with the Fake News from the first day I announced that I would be running for president.

“Now I have to put up with a Fake Book, written by a totally discredited author. Ronald Reagan had the same problem and handled it well. So will I!”

Mr Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1994 and his son Ron says it began before he left office in 1989.

Mr Trump’s tweet was mocked on social media. Russ Zimmer tweeted: “It is very bizarre that he keeps using Reagan as a defence when RR had a degenerative brain disease. Does he not know that?”

Meanwhile website WikiLeaks has tweeted a link to a Google Drive document that appears to contain the entire manuscript of Fire and Fury.

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