The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website September 5, 2018:
President Trump reacted on Sept. 5 to Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” saying the journalist “likes to get publicity.” (TWP)
President Trump’s denials of the stories in Bob Woodward’s new book on Wednesday turned to tacit admission: Trump may be an unwieldy boss, he seemed to admit, but that’s part of why Americans elected him.
“I’m tough as hell on people & if I weren’t, nothing would get done,” Trump tweeted. “Also, I question everybody & everything-which is why I got elected!”
It’s an interesting spin. But Trump’s defense here doesn’t actually line up with what we know about Woodward’s book. Woodward doesn’t just paint Trump as a president who ruffles feathers, you see, but also as a man who struggles with very basic facts about very important matters — including on things about which he should definitely know better.