President Trump slammed veteran journalist Bob Woodward and the release of this upcoming book, "Fear," on Friday during a campaign event in Fargo, North Dakota.
Speaking to supporters, the president lashed out at the Watergate reporter over quotes in the book that Trump claimed were false, and called the entire book a work of "fiction."
"By the way this idiot Woodward who wrote this book which is all fiction said that I said something like that, but he put it in a crude manner," Trump said, apparently referring to Woodward's report that the president had insulted his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, calling him "retarded."
"The concept is true, but the way it was said was very...hey, I went, like, to the best college...I mean, you read this thing, the quotes were wrong, all these...John Kelly, General Mattis, they're all writing 'I never said that, I never said that,'" Trump added, referring to denials from top staffers of passages in the book detailing their low opinion of the president's understanding of foreign affairs.