‘Moron, idiot’ — That’s what Trump’s top officials ‘call him in secret’

Michael Wolff, author of a book titled ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’, says Trump’s advisers address him with words such as “moron, idiot, dope” and some other unprintable words.

According to CNBC, Wolff listed the advisers as Steven Mnuchin, treasury secretary; Reince Priebus, former chief of staff; Gary Cohn, chief economic adviser; HR McMaster, national security adviser.

“There was now a fair amount of back-of-the-classroom giggling about who had called Trump what. For Steve Mnuchin and Reince Priebus, he was an ‘idiot.’ For Gary Cohn, he was ‘dumb as s–t.’ For H.R. McMaster he was a ‘dope.’ The list went on,” an excerpt read.

The book, set to be released January 9, also claims that Rex Tillerson, secretary of state, called Trump a moron.

Steve Bannon, former chief strategist, was quoted to have said Ivanka, Trump’s daughter, “dumb as a brick”.

Vanity Fair also said Trump was scared of the White House when he took office, and that he was afraid of being poisoned.

“Trump, in fact, found the White House to be vexing and even a little scary. He retreated to his own bedroom—the first time since the Kennedy White House that a presidential couple had maintained separate rooms,” an excerpt from the book read.

“He ¬reprimanded the housekeeping staff for picking up his shirt from the floor: ‘If my shirt is on the floor, it’s because I want it on the floor’.

“Then he imposed a set of new rules: Nobody touch anything, especially not his toothbrush. (He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s — nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely premade.)”

The White House has said the book is filled with “false and misleading accounts from individuals who have no access or influence with the White House”.