FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull, with then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, center, and then- chief strategist Steve Bannon, right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump responded to criticism leveled at him in a new book that says he never expected — or wanted — to win the White House, his victory left his wife in tears and a senior adviser thought his son's contact with a Russian lawyer during the campaign was "treasonous."
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull, with then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, center, and then- chief strategist Steve Bannon, right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump responded to criticism leveled at him in a new book that says he never expected — or wanted — to win the White House, his victory left his wife in tears and a senior adviser thought his son's contact with a Russian lawyer during the campaign was "treasonous." Alex Brandon, File AP Photo
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull, with then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, center, and then- chief strategist Steve Bannon, right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump responded to criticism leveled at him in a new book that says he never expected — or wanted — to win the White House, his victory left his wife in tears and a senior adviser thought his son's contact with a Russian lawyer during the campaign was "treasonous." Alex Brandon, File AP Photo

National Politics

Trump left 'furious,' 'disgusted' by Bannon over new book

By JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press

January 04, 2018 02:39 AM

UPDATED 5 MINUTES AGO

WASHINGTON

The White House says President Donald Trump was left feeling "furious" and "disgusted" after claims by his former top adviser Steve Bannon in a new book.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders complained Wednesday that the book contained "outrageous" and "completely false claims against the president, his administration and his family."

Criticism by the White House was spurred by an unflattering book by writer Michael Wolff that paints Trump as a leader who doesn't understand the weight of the presidency and who spends evenings eating cheeseburgers in bed, watching television and talking on the phone to old friends.

The book also quotes Bannon as calling contact by Trump's son with a Russian lawyer "treasonous."

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Trump said in a statement that Bannon "lost his mind" when he lost his job.

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