Trump aide lashes out at 'grotesque' book, calls him 'political genius'

The book 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' by journalist Michael Wolff as mentally unstable and unfit for the demands of his job

A senior aide to US President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed a new book rattling the White House, called his boss a genius and launched an attack on news coverage before a TV anchor urged him to calm down and cut off their interview.

Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller told Jake Tapper on CNN‘S “State of the Union” that the book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by journalist Michael Wolff was a “grotesque work of fiction.”

Miller accused CNN of “anti-Trump hysterical coverage” following the Friday release of the book, which portrays Trump, a former reality TV start who