Bob Woodward is in the middle of a massive PR tour promoting his new book, “Fear.”
But members of the Trump administration, including Generals John Kelly and James Mattis, immediately pushed back against claims he made about them.
And in a recent interview, Woodward just doubled-down by lobbing this shocking accusation at them both.
Bob Woodward claims in his new book that Mattis told “close associates that the president acted like — and had the understanding of — ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.’” John Kelly, Woodward claims, called the president an “idiot.”
Both men have denied the claims.
NBC’s Savannah Guthrie asked Woodward point blank about their denials.
“Are they lying?” Guthrie asked.
“They are not telling the truth,” Woodward said.
“These are political statements to protect their jobs. Totally understandable,” he continued.
WATCH:
“Are they lying?” @savannahguthrie asks about John Kelly and Mattis denying certain things they reportedly said about Trump
“They are not telling the truth.” –@realbobwoodward pic.twitter.com/TY8pH99fhI
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 10, 2018
Fox News’ Brit Hume notes that because Woodward doesn’t name his sources, it’s hard to evaluate his work.
In other words, while the claims can never be proven, it’s also hard to disprove them.
It’s basically the same technique he’s used to sell books about numerous administrations based on his Watergate fame as a top-notch journalist.
President Trump has called Woodward’s book a “joke.”
The Woodward book is a Joke – just another assault against me, in a barrage of assaults, using now disproven unnamed and anonymous sources. Many have already come forward to say the quotes by them, like the book, are fiction. Dems can’t stand losing. I’ll write the real book!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2018
Who do you believe: John Kelly and James Mattis, or Bob Woodward?
Let us know in the comments below!
bob woodward is a liar. anyone can write a book and not name people. this is easy. woodward and Bernstein are fraudulent wtiters. did we ever learn who
bob woodward is a liar. he has lied in all his books. has he ever named ane source. NO. and that goes for his lying oal-bernstein. during the Nixon escapade, these two liars forced Nixon out of power with someone called
bob woodward is a fraud and a liar. did he ever name any source in any of his books?NO. because he has none. all named are lies. Bernstein and woodward are frauds and liars. they forced pre. Nixon out of office with a fictious character named deep throat. did we ever find out who deep throat is. NO BECAUSE THIS IS A LIE. and i have proof. woodward stated he went to hospital to visit hohn Ashcroft,ag, who lost speech due to stroke. i know because my mother lost speech due to a stroke. woodward claimed he interviewed Ashcroft, who had no speech. how can anyone be interviewed when they have no speech? woodward was only one there in hospital with Ashcroft. woodward is a fraud, congenital liar, who makes money writing books, making up fictious stories, never interviewing any real people and making believe he knows everyone in government. when woodward was in high school, he made up a story that was a lie about the principal and had the principal fired. woodward did the same with pres. nexon; made up a story about deep throat and the break in of the democratic headquarters orchestrated by pres. nexon. when you look in the face of woodward, you are looking at a fraud and a congenital and pathological liar and if you see his books, they are all lies and fairy tales. woodward’s life is a life of lies.
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No the left are jjst habitual lying criminal people their heads are definitely twisted and Obama has these people scared
I would believe these two Generals over anything this damn DEM would have to say. Those two men served this GREAT COUNTRY, and what has woodie say. RET ARMY SFC E-7
We need to remember that Mattis and Kelly have served our country and Bob Woodward has never served anything but himself and all he does is sell books or maybe not and he lies and his books are not built on truth. Just falsehoods. I am behind Mattis and Kelly as they have served in wartime and what our President is dealing with is war within our country. We all need to keep the faith that God will give our country what is needed. All the DEMS are not believers of God and they don’t have faith in God so they are lost soles.
Woodward needs to crawl back in the cave he belongs in. He only surfaces once in awhile to spew hate and lies.
Butchy: I was clear in my comments. If you read them carefully, you will see my point. But, please don’t be vulgar – I don’t appreciate vulgarity.
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VERY WELL PUT DAN.MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY
INFORMED PPL Will not let ‘this’ Happen.
the More ppl That KNOW, The Better.
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I would never believe anything Bob Woodward says. He is part of the conspiracy to take Trump down and they want to do it soon.
Please people – show some understanding for the losers; they invested large sums of money on gold-plated picture frames featuring Hillary’s smiling portraits. You remember the wife of that disbarred impeached felon and seial rapist Bill Clinton?