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Trump administration officials and allies are rallying to the President’s defence, trying to contain the fallout from an explosive new book that questions Donald Trump’s fitness for office.
Chief policy adviser Stephen Miller, in a combative appearance on Sunday on CNN, described the book as “nothing but a pile of trash through and through.”
CIA director Mike Pompeo said Mr Trump was “completely fit” to lead the country.
“These are from people who just have not accepted the fact that President Trump is the United States President and I’m sorry for them in that,” Mr Pompeo, who gives Mr Trump his regular intelligence briefings, said on Fox News Sunday.
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said she visits the White House once a week, and “no one questions the stability of the president.”
“I’m always amazed at the lengths people will go to, to lie for money and for power. This is like taking it to a whole new low,” she told ABC’s This Week.
Michael Wolff ’ s Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House portrays the 45th President as a leader who doesn’t understand the weight of his office and whose competence is questioned by aides.
That picture, said Mr Miller, “is so contrary to reality, to the experience of those who work with him.”
Mr Miller also criticised Mr Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, who is quoted at length by Mr Wolff, saying it was “tragic and unfortunate” that Mr Bannon “would make these grotesque comments so out of touch with reality and obviously so vindictive.”
Mr Bannon’s description of a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York between Donald Trump Jr., Mr Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” particularly infuriated Mr Trump, who released a seething statement accusing Mr Bannon of having “lost his mind.”
Mr Miller’s interview on CNN’s State of the Union quickly grew heated, with Mr Miller criticising CNN’s coverage and moderator Jake Tapper accusing Mr Miller of speaking to an audience of one: his boss.
Tapper abruptly ended the interview, saying: “I think I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time.”
Soon after, Mr Trump tweeted: “Jake Tapper of
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Mr Trump tweeted earlier to defend his fitness for office, insisting he is “like,