I’m committed to the President, his agenda, and our country. He always knows where I stand, and he and I both know this story is total BS. “As I stated back in May and I still firmly stand behind: ‘I spend more time with the President than anyone else, and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. “The idea I ever called the President an idiot is not true,” said Kelly. Kelly later denied this claim in a statement issued Tuesday. I don’t even know why any of us are here. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. The journalist details one meeting where Kelly allegedly lamented to colleagues about Trump: “He’s an idiot. John Kelly Called Trump an ‘Idiot,’ Lamented ‘Worst Job I’ve Ever Had’Ĭhief of Staff John Kelly frequently lost his temper and told close aides that he thought Donald Trump was “unhinged,” Woodward writes in the new book.

“John, I understand,” Mueller replied to Dowd, according to the book. What are we dealing with this idiot for?’ ” And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, ‘I told you he was an idiot. “I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot. White House Lawyer Wanted to Prevent ‘Idiot’ Trump from Testifying to MuellerĪccording to Woodward, Trump’s former personal lawyer, John Dowd, explained to Mueller why he wanted to prevent the president from testifying to the special counsel and his team: He’s this dumb Southerner… He couldn’t even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama,” according to the excerpt obtained by The Washington Post. Trump reportedly complained that “everyone was out to get” him, and while mocking Sessions’ accent, reportedly said to a staffer, “This guy is mentally retarded. Trump Mocked Sessions’ Accent, Called Him ‘Mentally Retarded’Īfter learning Robert Mueller had been appointed special counsel last year, Trump went after his attorney general, calling him a “traitor” for recusing himself in the ongoing Russia probe.

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