servants, essentially, career diplomats, career public servants who actually in their experience were trying to fight against the president's instincts. it will be confirmation for the book in the public at the time. >> stephanie grisham says the author is a coward and you shouldn't believe it, but meanwhile there are people coming out and testifying. >> the president has been unhappy with his communications and the fact that he feels the white house isn't doing enough to defend him. stephanie grisham, from what my reporting has indicated, basically takes dictation from trump. these statements are things that he is dictating. >> they sound trumpian. >> very trumpian. he is launching a full scale assault on this book. clearly this is just another front in the multifront war against this white house.