Article snippet: Trump administration officials came to the defense of President Donald Trump against claims in a salacious new book that people around the president question his mental fitness and intelligence. Senior administration officials and White House aides appearing on Sunday morning political talk shows pushed back against claims made in "Fire and Fury" by Michael Wolff. Chris Wallace asked directly about the president’s fitness for office, Pompeo paused briefly, then explained his reason for doing so. “Completely fit. I mean, I paused only because it's just a ludicrous question,” the CIA chief said. Wallace noted that the CIA does psychological profiles of world leaders and asked what he would say about “a world leader who refers to himself as 'a very stable genius,'" as Trump did in a tweet Saturday. “I’m not going to dignify the question with a response,” Pompeo said. White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller meanwhile squabbled with anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" and echoed the president's own characterization of Wolff's book as "fiction". "The book is best understood as a work of poorly-written fiction," Miller said. "The author is a garbage author of a garbage book." He added, “The betrayal of the president in this book is so contrary to the reality of those who work with him." Tapper at one point cut Miller off to tell him to cool his jets. “Stephen, settle down, settle down, calm down,” Tapper said. After a heat... Link to the full article to read more