Trump rejects author's accusations, tweets he's 'a very stable genius'

U.S. President Donald Trump onSaturday rejected an author's accusations that he is mentallyunfit for office and said his track record showed he is "a verystable genius."

Michael Wolff, who was granted unusually wide access to theWhite House during much of Trump's first year, has said inpromoting his new book that Trump is unfit for the presidency.

Trump, in a series of morning tweets, said his Democraticcritics and the U.S. news media were bringing up the "old RonaldReagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence"since they have not been able to bring him down in other ways.

Reagan, a Republican who was the U.S. president from1981-1989, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994 anddied in 2004.

"Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets havebeen mental stability and being, like, really smart," saidTrump.

"I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star... to President of the United States (on my first try). I thinkthat would qualify as not smart, but genius ... and a very
stable genius at that!"

Trump made the comments from the presidential retreat atCamp David, Md., where he was meeting Republicancongressional leaders about their legislative agenda for theyear.

During a break in the meetings,Trump referred to Wolff as "a fraud" and said he considers his book Fire and Fury:Inside the Trump WhiteHousea "work of fiction," adding, "I think it's a disgrace thatsomebody's able to do something like that."

Wolff's bookhas proved to be another shock to the system for Trumpand his top aides, coming just as he starts his second year inoffice.

Wolff told BBC Radio in an interview broadcast on Saturdaythat he believed Trump is unfit for office.

He told NBC News on Friday that White House staff aroundTrump treated him like a child.

"The one description that everyone gave, everyone has incommon they all say he is like a child," Wolff said. "And whatthey mean by that, he has a need for immediate gratification.It'sall about him.

"This man does not read, does not listen. He'slike apinball, just shooting off the sides."

Trump is to undergo aphysical examination on Jan. 12, thefirst of his presidency.

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