President Trump addressed Michael Wolff's controversial new book, Fire and Fury, and thanked the "fake news media" for coming to "the defense" of "this great administration and even myself" because they know he's a fraud. (Related Trump tweets below)



"I was heartened by, because I talk about fake news and the fake news media, was really the fact that so many of the people that I talk about in terms of fake news actually came to the defense of this great administration and even myself because they know the author and they know he's a fraud," Trump said Saturday at a press conference held at Camp David.



Trump also blamed 'Sloppy Steve' Bannon for the access Michael Wolff had to White House.











"I guess Sloppy Steve [Bannon] brought him into the White House quite a bit and it was one of those things, that's why Sloppy Steve is now looking for a job," Trump said.





REPORTER: Mr. President, you're talking about the policy issues that you all are focusing on the last few days here at Camp David but this morning you were tweeting about your mental state. Why did you feel the need to tweet about that this morning?



PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Only because I went to the best colleges or college, I went to -- I had a situation where I was an excellent student, came out and made billions and billions of dollars, became one of the top business people, went to television and for ten years was a tremendous success, as you probably have heard, ran for president at one time and won and then I hear of this guy that does not know me, doesn't know me at all. By the way, did not interview me for three -- he said he interviewed me for three hours in the White House. It didn't exist, okay. It's in his imagination.



And what I was heartened by, because I talk about fake news and the fake news media, was really the fact that so many of the people that I talk about in terms of fake news actually came to the defense of this great administration and even myself because they know the author and they know he's a fraud. And when I saw some of the people say and you look at some of his past books, he did a book on Rupert Murdoch, it was a terrible expose and it was false, so much of it was false. I consider it a work of fiction and I think it's a disgrace that somebody is able to have something, do something like that. The libel laws are very weak in this country. If they were strong, it would be very helpful. You wouldn't have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes to your head.



Just so you know, I never interviewed with him in the White House at all, he was never in the Oval Office, we didn't have an interview and I did a quick interview with him a long time ago having to do with an article, but I don't know this man. I guess Sloppy Steve [Bannon] brought him into the White House quite a bit and it was one of those things, that's why Sloppy Steve is now looking for a job.

Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018

....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018