MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-4-18] pushed back against Bob Woodward’s scathing new account of how the White House operates, saying that it’s ‘just another bad book’ and suggesting that Woodward made up some of the content…It was the latest rebuke from Trump and his administration on the veteran journalist’s book after excerpts were published earlier in the day. ‘Fear: Trump in the White House,’ which is set to be released on Sept. 11, is the latest book detailing chaos in the West Wing. Trump said he never spoke to Woodward, adding that ‘I probably would have preferred to speak to him, but maybe not’…Woodward, who was a lead Washington Post reporter in covering Watergate, the scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation, said he reached out to several officials in the White House to set up a meeting, according to The Post. The paper published audio and a transcript of a call between Woodward and Trump. Woodward in the call said he contacted several Republicans and administration officials, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and deputy press secretary Raj Shah, to try to interview the president for the book.”
–Rebecca Morin, “Trump on Woodward: ‘It’s just another bad book’,” Politico, September 4, 2018 3:32 pm