fiction. the president also pushing back with the somewhat awkward declarations he's, quote, a very stable genius. the white house offensive keeping the debate alive much to the gle of the president's detractors. abby philip at the white house. a lot of administrations would ignore a book like this, don't want give fuel to the fire, but this is sort of true president trump fashion that he and his aides are confronting it head-on. >> that's right. not this president. when he is attacked he fires back. he had not only his aides out there but he went on social media and as you pointed out defended his own sanity as a result of some of the questions raised by this book. but over the weekend a slew of aides had to go on television to really push back on the notion that the president was unprepared for the job, that perhaps he was, you know, his mental state was deteriorating, and you heard strong words from a white house aide stephen miller on cnn yesterday talking