US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday night that he loves his daughter Tiffany, denying reported claims by a close aide that he perceived her to be insufficiently slim and avoided being photographed with her.

Madeleine Westerhout, his personal assistant, was forced to resign earlier in the day after Politico reported she had made the unflattering claims over a boozy dinner with reporters.

“She’s going to be calling me when we get to Camp David,” Mr Trump said of his daughter by second wife Marla Maples, as he spoke to reporters before leaving for the presidential retreat.

“I love Tiffany. She’s a wonderful person and she studies hard,” he added.

Ms Westerhout reportedly bragged at the dinner that she had a better relationship with Mr Trump than his own daughters, Ivanka and Tiffany, and claimed that he does not like being pictured with 25-year-old Tiffany because he considered her to be overweight.