U.S. President Donald Trump is calling a new book about his administration by longtime journalist Bob Woodward “a scam.”
In a Friday morning tweet, Trump is objecting to The Washington Post writer’s narrative of Trump’s turbulent 18 months in office.
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Trump says: “I don’t talk the way I am quoted. If I did I would not have been elected President.”
The book spotlights Trump advisers’ fears about the impulsive leader, and features quotes of Trump using profanity and mocking Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ accent.
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Trump adds: “These quotes were made up. The author uses every trick in the book to demean and belittle.”
Woodward has said he stands by his reporting.
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