President Donald Trump slammed the media for using anonymous sources to write their negative stories about the president and his allies, saying the sources don’t exist on Twitter Monday night.
Trump’s tweets come after NBC News published an article that said White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called Trump an “idiot.” The story cited eight anonymous “current and former White House officials” but was quickly dismissed by Kelly, who called the story “total BS.”
The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don’t exist). They are totally unhinged, and the great success of this Administration is making them do and say things that even they can’t believe they are saying. Truly bad people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2018
The White House “is running very smoothly despite phony Witch Hunts,” Trump said. “Fake News is going ‘bonkers!'”(RELATED: Knives Out For Kelly: Leaky White House Staffers Target Chief Of Staff)
The White House is running very smoothly despite phony Witch Hunts etc. There is great Energy and unending Stamina, both necessary to get things done. We are accomplishing the unthinkable and setting positive records while doing so! Fake News is going “bonkers!”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2018
“I spend more time with the President than anyone else, and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. He always knows where I stand, and he and I both know this story is total BS,” Kelly said in a statement shortly after the NBC story was released. “I am committed to the President, his agenda, and our country. This is another pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump and distract from the administrations many successes.”
The strong dismissal of the leaks show Trump still has faith in Kelly, despite the continued attacks from the anonymous White House sources.
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