Mattis is quoted as saying Trump took foreign policy actions that showed adversaries "how to destroy America. Woodward writes that when he attributed quotes to participants, the information comes either from the person, a colleague with direct knowledge, or primary source documents. Coats believed that Trump's isolation in the White House was making him become more paranoid and lonely, Woodward writes. Woodward writes Rosenstein could see firsthand how Trump was obsessed with FBI Director James Comey before Comey's firing in May 2017. Mattis is quoted as saying, "We can't let the country keep going" on this course, Woodward writes.

Source: CNN September 09, 2020 16:41 UTC