'He's not her patient': White House responds to explosive book by Donald Trump's niece

The White House played down explosive claims against Donald Trump in a new book by his niece, Mary L Trump, scheduled for release next week, arguing that the press should not be meddling in the Trump family's private history.

""He's not her patient, he's her uncle," counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway told reporters on Tuesday.

White House press secretary added that the book is full of "falsehoods" but did not elaborate on any of the specific claims against the president.

In Ms Trump's book, the 55-year-old folds back the curtain on the Trump family's private life and how the president's upbringing has made him "the world's most dangerous man."

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