Trump called top national-security officials ‘losers,’ ‘dopes and babies’ when they tried to walk him through the basics of US diplomacy, an explosive new book

A July 2017 meeting between President Donald Trump and top national-security officials went disastrously wrong, according to an excerpt from a new book by two Washington Post reporters.

The officials hoped to teach Trump about the basics of America’s global role, but the president grew irate and started insulting US military leaders, according to the excerpt of “A Very Stable Genius,” set to be released Tuesday.

“I wouldn’t go to war with you people,” Trump reportedly told the officials, adding, “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.”

There was stunned silence in the room, with some officials feeling “sick to their stomachs,” the book’s authors wrote.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the only official to stand up to the president that day, the authors said.

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