President Donald Trump is ordering a real witch hunt - this one in the corridors of the West Wing in the wake of Bob Woodward's new book 'Fear' and a scandalous, anonymous op-ed on his administration appearing in the New York Times.
He is asking loyal aides to discover who leaked private White House conversations to The Washington Post reporter, CNN reported, but it it likely that will be expanded to attempt to uncover what 'senior official in the Trump administration' wrote in The Times about the efforts from within to thwart the president's 'worst inclinations.'
'Many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. I would know. I am one of them,' the official wrote in The Times.
President Trump is demanding to know who in his administration is leaking
Journalist Bob Woodward in the lobby of Trump Tower on Jan. 3, 2017
'We believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic,' the official added.
Trump wants to know who's talking.
'He wants to know who talked to Woodward,' an administration official told CNN.
He is said to suspect former national security adviser H.R. McMaster and former chief economic adviser Gary Cohn as among those who talked to The Washington Post reporter for his tome 'Fear,' which comes out Tuesday.
Several names are being thrown around as the possible anonymous writer in the New York Times piece.
Online chatter Wednesday quickly focused on Vice President Mike Pence as armchair language analysts focused on one line describing the late Sen. John McCain as 'a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue.'
That word – lodestar – is a favorite of the vice president. But a senior White House official told DailyMail.com that suspicion is not focused on him or anyone in his office following a frank discussion among the VP's senior staff.
The official suspects 'lodestar' was purposely included in the op-ed to throw journalists off the scent.
When it comes to negative stories involving the West Wing, the president looks at how forcefully aides respond them.
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson never denied calling Trump a 'moron' and a former senior White House official told CNN that Trump 'never forgave him for it.'
Tillerson was fired in March.
The president also has noticed the silence from several other former administration officials when it comes to making denials about Woodward's book, which has reached the number one spot on Amazon.com.
Trump has personally slammed both Woodward's book and the 'gutless' writer of The Times' opinion piece.
The White House issued a strong response to The Times piece.
'Nearly 62 million people voted for President Donald J. Trump in 2016, earning him 306 Electoral College votes – versus 232 for his opponent. None of them voted for a gutless, anonymous source to the failing New York Times. We are disappointed, but not surprised, that the paper chose to publish this pathetic, reckless, and selfish op-ed. This is a new low for the so-called 'paper of record,' and it should issue an apology,' White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
'This is just another example of the liberal media's concerted effort to discredit the President,' she added.
She also called on the writer to resign.
'The individual behind this piece has chosen to deceive, rather than support, the duly elected President of the United States. He is not putting country first, but putting himself and his ego ahead of the will of the American people. This coward should do the right thing and resign.'
Several observers noted The Times referred to the author as 'he' in a tweet about the piece, prompting many to assume the op-ed was written by a man.
But Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokesperson for the paper, told Business Insider this was a mistake.
Woodward's book 'Fear' comes out September 11
Trump and White House officials have pushed back hard on Bob Woodward's book
'Senior opinion editors know the identity of the official, as we pointed out in our editor's note,' Ha said. 'The tweet was drafted by someone who is not aware of the author's identity, including the gender, so the use of 'he' was an error.'
Trump expressed publicly his pleasure that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued forceful denials on quotes attributed to them by Woodward.
'Gen. Mattis has come out very, very strongly...He was insulted by the remarks that were attributed to him,' Trump said. 'John Kelly, same thing. He was insulted by what they said. He couldn't believe what they said.'
Woodward quoted Kelly slamming Trump after he blew a fuse during a meeting.
'He's an idiot. It's pointless to try to convince him of anything. He's gone off the rails,' Kelly said, in Woodward's telling. 'We're in Crazytown. I don't even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I've ever had.'
Kelly fired back at the claims, saying in a statement: 'The idea that I ever called the President is not true, in fact it's exactly the opposite. ... This is both a pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump and distract from his many successes.'
In another episode described in 'Fear,' Trump questioned the utility of U.S. early warning systems in Alaska to identify a nuclear attack from North Korea.
When Trump asked about it, Mattis schooled him: 'We're doing this in order to prevent World War III.'
Mattis later told colleagues Trump had the mental ability of 'a fifth- or sixth-grader,' acording to Woodward's sources.
On Tuesday he denied the account, saying: 'The contemptuous words about the President attributed to me in Woodward's book were never uttered by me or in my presence. While I generally enjoy reading fiction, this is a uniquely Washington brand of literature, and his anonymous sources do not lend credibility.'
Sanders said on 'Good Morning America' that Woodward's book is based on the claims of anonymous sources and disgruntled former staffers. 'This is just another repeat of pure fiction,' she said.
Woodward said he stands by his reporting.
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Main photo article President Donald Trump is ordering a real witch hunt – this one in the corridors of the West Wing in the wake of Bob Woodward’s new book ‘Fear’ and a scandalous, anonymous op-ed on his administration appearing in the New York Times.
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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