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!”
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
Almost everyone agrees that my Administration has done more in less than two years than any other Administration in the history of our Country. I’m tough as hell on people & if I weren’t, nothing would get done. 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.