Trump's authority crisis deepens

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN

Updated 1201 GMT (2001 HKT) September 10, 2018

(CNN) - Donald Trump is making an aggressive effort to stem the crisis of authority afflicting his presidency at a critical moment.

With midterm elections looming, he's facing new questions about his fitness for office, and he's hunting a hidden rebel within his own camp.

The President took immediate steps to address the situation on Monday, hitting out at Bob Woodward's new book, which, along with an op-ed by an anonymous senior official in the New York Times, presents a devastating picture of his performance.

"The Woodward book is a Joke - just another assault against me, in a barrage of assaults, using now disproven unnamed and anonymous sources..." Trump tweeted.

"Many have already come forward to say the quotes by them, like the book, are fiction. Dems can't stand losing. I'll write the real book!"

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