Trump attacks Maggie Haberman's book as fake news

President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on journalist Maggie Haberman early Sunday, dismissing her new book about his second term as "Fake News" and "largely fiction." In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, the president personally targeted Haberman, a New York Times reporter and co-author of "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," which was released on June 23.

Trump rejected the book's central claims, writing that it was "mostly made up" based on a "very quick and boring briefing." He called Haberman a "third rate writer and intellect" who had profited from writing about him. The president also revisited longstanding grievances, asserting Haberman was wrong in her past reporting on elections and the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He specifically denied the authors possessed audio recordings from inside the White House Situation Room, which the book implies support its narrative. "And they don't have the audio tapes that they imply they have," Trump wrote. "Just another Margot Con Job!"

The book, co-authored by Haberman and fellow Times reporter Jonathan Swan, examines Trump's return to office, drawing...