Trump official dismisses claims that insiders question president's intelligence

White House Communications Director Steve Cheung lashed out at biographer Michael Wolff after the Daily Beast published accounts of President Donald Trump's closest associates privately questioning the president's intellectual capabilities.

Wolff recounted conversations with Sam Nunberg, Trump's longtime confidant known as the "Trump whisperer," in which Nunberg called Trump "an idiot."

When confronted, Nunberg claimed the comment was made long ago and that Trump "proved me wrong" by winning re-election in 2024.