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Account is how different donald trump is from paul ryan and how much these republican leaders kept quiet. to have the president of the united states swearing at you, undermining you. >> say you're like a dog. >> that never leaked. for a white house that has so many leaks and so many things that come out in the prez about how chaotic it is, that the really the congress and the congressional republicans have been tight lipped. >> president trump likes to promote certain kinds of books. do you think this will make the cut? >> no, but he does feel betrayed by simms. simms was someone who was close...

Trump trying to be combative. it shows you why cliff simms was able to get into the inner circle. he lives a public life communicating often more through twitter and phone calls than he does in face to face exchanges with advisers. cliff simms noticed the personality, made his way into that inner circle of president trump. throughout that whole 2017 when the white house was in chaos, simms is writing about reflecting what others have reported. there was a not team of vipers inside the white house always back biting and fighting. not sure where the president wanted to go. >> and one other thing...

Out of a journalism background. so he was certainly taking notes. >> he was also kind of accessible to some members of the media. he sat in the one area of the white house we were able to go into and talk to folks. he writes about an interesting couple of moments and how the president thought about being presidential. as the white house director of message strategy, you guys write, simms regularly met donald trump at the private elevator of the residence and accompanied him to videotapes carrying a can of hair spray for the boss. at one such taping about an hour after trump tweeted he sought f...

Border tweeting an unverified claim that a border rancher found prayer rugs and people coming across from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise. one muslim group denouncing trump's tweet saying he was issuing a, quote, dog whistle to those who would falsely associate a prayer rug with terrorism. all of this is news that in 2017 president trump created an enemy list made up of members of his own administration. former white house communication aide cliff simms writing in his book, give me their names, trump said, his eyes narrowing. i want these people out of here. i'm going to ...

What is axos's 1 big thing. >> my colleague got his hand on part of a back by -- the latest book by one of president trump's white house aides, cliff simms, most people haven't heard of him. he became close to the president in the campaign and recounts an extraordinary scene in which he's snuck in to the back of the president's private dining room and study while and the president writes were him an enemy list, all the white house staff, not including his family, asking cliff whether they are loyal or disloyal and the president has one of his cards with the white house stationary and his sharp...