Trump: "I do not trust everyone at the White House"

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump: "I do not believe everyone in the White House", JPMorgan President withdraws from Saudi conference Trump defends family separations at the border MORE In an interview with CBS '"60 Minutes" Sunday, he said he "did not trust everyone" at the White House.

His comment came in response to that of the first lady Melania TrumpMelania TrumpTrump: "I do not trust everyone in the White House" Sarah Sanders: Melania has "more class than women who intimidated her" The first lady said that "I'm in crazy really "was meant to troll press MORE in an interview last week, in which she said that there were people working in the west wing, she could not be trusted.

"I feel the same Trump told Lesley Stahl of CBS on Sunday. "I do not trust everybody in the White House, I'll be honest with you."

Trump went on to say that he was "kept".

"I am not a baby. It's a tough business. It's a place … a vicious place. Washington DC is a vicious and vicious place. The attacks, the … the bad mouth, the word behind your back. –but– you know, and in my way, I feel very comfortable here. "

The president continued in an interview to call reports on the chaos at the White House "false news", insisting that he had "people waiting" to join the administration.

"I now have people waiting who will be phenomenal and who will go into the administration," Trump said. "They will be phenomenal."

Stahl mentioned that the Trump administration had recorded record turnover levels.

"More people will go?" she asked.

"At some point, everyone leaves," Trump replied. "People are leaving, it's Washington."

Trump refused to say whether the secretary of defense James MattisJames Norman MattisTrump: "I do not trust everyone in the White House" Trump does not know if Mattis will stay: "some kind of Democrat", the army has fired more than 500 recruits in one year MORE will leave, but said that he is "some kind of democrat."

Several media reported that Trump had considered replacing Mattis in recent weeks.

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward in his new book "Fear: Trump in the White House", published in July, recounted a chaotic white house in which staff members sometimes tried to thwart Trump's impulses and blame the president. in camera.

Woodward told many White House staff that the Trump administration was in turmoil because of the president's carelessness.

Trump and several administration officials have denied accounts in the book, although Woodward insisted that he could justify them with documents and recorded interview times.