saying, well, i m not for that but left open the idea that wasn t a bad thing from his points of view and mr. mcconnell is looking at a clearer field, they thinks, in terms of getting his incumbents re-elected. the number one job of the senator majority leader. the book raises larger concerns. concerns that have been whispered about among republicans on capitol hill for a year now. this would have surfaced them? a very big way. questions about his fitness for office. more of the interview with michael wolff. one of the overarching themes is according to your reporting, everyone around the president, senior advisors, family members, every single one of them questions his intelligence and fitness for office. let me put a, put a marker in the sand here. 100% of the people around him. what are some of the ways the president was described to you? by those closest to him? i will tell you the one
sand here. 100% of the people around him. i will tell you the one description that everyone gave everyone has in common. they all say he is like a child. and what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification. it s all about him. i mean, this letter for the cease and desist letter, i still have sources in the white house, and i know everybody was going, we should not be doing this. this is not smart. and he just insists. he just has to be satisfied in the moment. that was michael wolff, the author of the explosive new book fire and fury which describes the widespread concern among president trump s top aides that he may be unfit for office. we should point out there s been little pushback from those aides about the way they reportedly characterized the president behind the scenes.
making america great again. thank you. donald trump there today. the book is flying off shelves after the publisher pulled the trigger, releasing it four days early after trump s cease and desist her. trump tweeting the book is full of lies. and the author is not backing down. everyone around the advisers, family members, everyone of them, questions his intelligence and fitness for office. let me put a marker in the sand here. 100% of the people around him. the one description that everyone game. everyone has in common. they all say he is like a child. they say he is a moron, an idiot. he does not read, does not
president, senior advisers, family members, every single one of them questions his intelligence and fitness for office. let me put a marker in the sand here. 100% of the people. jared kushner, ivanka trump question his fitness for office? certainly jared and i varcvan their current situation, a keep legal quagmyre are putting everything on the president. not us. him. let s discuss with democratic senator. thanks for joining us. you re welcome. do you share that same concern about the president s mental fitness. are the concerns fair? my feeling is that the title of the book is fire and fury. that relates to his threat to the north koreans that he is going to have a fire and fury
hearing from the author of the book himself, michael wolff, answering questions about how fit the people closest to the president think he is for this job. one of the overarching themes according to your reporting, everybody around the president, family members, senior advisers, every one of them questions his intelligence and fitness for office. let me put a marker in the sand here. 100% of the people around him. no ambiguity there. let s go to the white house. kaitlan collins joins us. the man that wrote it all is now speaking. what is the white house saying? they are bushing back on so many aspects of the book, john and poppy, but the president specifically pushing back on the idea that michael wolff had a lot of access to him specifically and last night he tweeted saying i authorized zero