Trump also suggested that his former chief of staff, John Kelly, might have been a source for The Atlantic's piece, before
trying to convince Americans that the former US Marine Corps general had crumbled in the crucible of Trump's plush West Wing office space.
"He was with me, didn't do a good job, had no temperament, and ultimately he was petered out," Trump said of Kelly, whose son was killed in action nearly a decade ago in Afghanistan. "He got eaten alive. He was unable to handle the pressure of this job."