A new book by Bob Woodward, a legend in the journalism business, paints a dark picture of the Donald Trump presidency not before seen.

The book titled, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” is based off in-depth interviews with administration officials and others close to President Trump.

Woodward rose to prominence with his coverage of Watergate and the Richard Nixon presidency. He is known to be very diligent on anything he covers, and considers himself a Republican.

If you watch the news, almost every day you will see something about a clash between Trump and his inner circle. This book, however, reveals the inner circle views the president as more dangerous to national security then they let on publicly.

Most of the people Woodward interviews did so under “deep background,” which means he can use the information they gave him, but not print their names. He did the same thing in his coverage of Nixon.

The book goes into detail on the lengths aids go to “save the country,” in their own words. Some have gone as far as to steal papers off the desk of the president so he won’t sign them impulsively.

According to the book, Chief of Staff John Kelly has called Trump an idiot. Defense Secretary James Mattis described Trump as having the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. And his personal attorney John Dowd calls the president a liar and claims Trump will end up in an orange jumpsuit if he testifies to Special Counsel Robert Muller.

Dowd was so worried Trump would commit perjury he sat the president down for a practice session peppering the president with questions as Muller would. While asking questions on the Russia investigation, the president started to stumble, contradict himself and flat out lie before he finally lost his cool, going on a 30-minute rant on how everyone is out to get him.

Woodward tried many times through many people to reach the president in order to sit down and talk about the book. When the transcript was done and ready, the president finally called Woodward saying he was ready to participate and complained it would be another bad book about him. Woodward said it would be “tough” but factually based on his hundreds of hours of interviews and reporting, according to audio Woodward released to the Washington Post.

This is just one book among many others, good and bad about this presidency. But this is one of the most in-depth we have seen according to the excerpts. And by a legend in journalism who has a proven track record of being as factual as possible.