“The W. H. is functioning perfectly, focused on HealthCare, Tax Cuts/Reform & many other things, » Trump said.
President Trump on Wednesday pushed back on reports depicting a White House wracked by chaos over the bombshell revelations surrounding his eldest son’s election-year meeting with a Russian lawyer.
“The W. H. is functioning perfectly, focused on HealthCare, Tax Cuts/Reform & many other things. I have very little time for watching T. V., ” he tweeted.
Multiple media reports said the president is fuming at the negative coverage of his son Donald Trump Donald Trump Trump: ‘I have very little time for watching T. V.’ Dem on Trump Jr. meeting: ‘It’s important that we all take a deep breath’ Donna Brazile to publish book about 2016 election breaches MORE Jr.’s decision to meet with the lawyer in order to obtain damaging information about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Trump: ‘I have very little time for watching T. V.’ Donna Brazile to publish book about 2016 election breaches Report: Investigators turn to Kushner’s digital campaign operation MORE .
The disclosure has roiled the ongoing Russia investigation and further taken attention away from the president’s policy agenda.
Trump has had no public events this week, but in private, he has “raged against the latest Russia development, with most of his ire directed at the media, not his son, ” according to the Associated Press .
“White House officials tells us President Trump has been watching plenty of TV news this week, when he’s had nothing on his public schedule, ” tweeted Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker.
Trump’s television-watching habits are well established. He frequently tweets about segments on Fox News and CNN.
He had a 60-inch flat screen TV installed in his private White House dining room, according to Time magazine. Trump was watching television when New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich entered the Oval Office last month to interview him.
