Washington (CNN) Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday described the latest drama surrounding the Trump White House as a "global soap opera" -- one that even people across the world are interested in.

"Well, this is the sort of global soap opera, isn't it?" Blair told CNN when asked why Bob Woodward's bombshell new book, "Fear: Trump in the White House" is selling well in the United Kingdom.

"I haven't read it myself," Blair told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" Wednesday. "I've read about it because you can't really escape it."

The book -- from the same legendary Washington Post journalist who helped break the story of Watergate during the Nixon administration -- offers an unsparing portrait of a dysfunctional White House surrounding President Donald Trump. Woodward's latest book has been met with intense criticism and pushback from Trump himself, as well as other members of his administration.

Blair suggested that politics are in a state of upheaval both in the US and abroad and added that he would like to see closer ties between America and Europe during Trump's tenure.

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