{UAH} 'I don't think the president owns a bathrobe'

'I don't think the president owns a bathrobe': Spicer demands apology from 'fake news' New York Times for story of WH chaos and summons bathrobe defense [but DailyMail.com can show you he has definitely worn them in the past]

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com17:44 GMT 06 Feb 2017, updated 22:46 GMT 06 Feb 2017

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•  The New York Times reported on the 'bungled rollout' of his immigration order and limitations of his 'improvisational approach'
• The story portrayed staff infighting, Trump watching TV in his bathrobe, and aides searching for the correct door knobs in the West Wing
• The paper reports that Trump was 'not fully briefed' on the details of an executive order that put advisor Stephen Bannon on the National Security Council and said it was a source of 'greater frustration' than the travel ban
• Trump hit back Monday, tweeting, calling a Times article 'total fiction' and says the paper is 'making up stories & sources!'
• White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the story had 'literally blatant factual errors'

The White House is demanding an apology from the New York Times for a story that is 'riddled with inaccuracies' after the paper recounted chaos in the early days of President Trump's administration.

The White House is even trying to knock down the story by disputing a key claim that the president watches television in his bathrobe.

'They owe the president an apology!' White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One as the president returned from a weekend at Mar-a-Lago and a speech at U.S. Central Command. 

'Start at the top. I don't think the president owns a bathrobe,' Spicer said. 'He definitely doesn't wear one.' 

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Donald Trump channels Burt Reynolds - the quintessential the Cosmopolitan centerfold - as he relaxes in his robe

Spicer said of the story: ''That is literally the epitome of fake news.'

But Spicer's bathrobe defense is called into question by evidence contained in a trove of late 1970s Trump photographs that DailyMail.com published in late 2016 – some of which show the future president lounging in a white robe in Burt Reynolds-style poses.

The 1,000 photographs appear to have been discarded by Trump's first wife, Ivana, and were obtained by a Florida collector.   

'That story was so riddled with inaccuracies and lies that they owe the president an apology,' Spicer said of the Times piece.

The article, which focused on staff infighting and miscommunications during Trump's rush to implement policy through executive orders, also described the president TV viewing habits and tweeting.

'When Mr. Trump is not watching television in his bathrobe or on his phone reaching out to old campaign hands and advisers, he will sometimes set off to explore the unfamiliar surroundings of his new home,' according to the article.

'From top to bottom they made up stories that just don't exist. And I think that's unfortunate,' Spicer said. 

 'There were just literally blatant factual errors and it's unacceptable to see that kind of reporting or so-called reporting,' he said.

'Just from top to bottom a made up story ... It was just not an accurate portrayal of what was happening,' Spicer vented.

Trump launched his own new attack on the Times Monday morning when he accused the paper of making up stories after an article recounted chaos in his first two weeks in office and reported he signed a key executive order without knowing what was in it.

'The failing @nytimes writes total fiction concerning me. They have gotten it wrong for two years, and now are making up stories & sources!' Trump tweeted Monday.

Trump's slam came after an article recapped the 'bungled' rollout of his immigration order, along with other 'miscues and embarrassments' during a tumultuous first week.

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President Donald Trump blasted the 'failing' New York Times for writing 'total fiction' about him after an article recounted infighting and confusion during his first weeks in office, and claimed he was angry about not being briefed on an executive order he signed

One revelation, which was not sourced to any individual in the article, recounted Trump's 'anger' that he was not 'fully briefed on details of the executive order he signed giving his chief strategist a seat on the National Security Council.'

The statement related to an order that put Stephen Bannon, a key political advisor who has amassed power within the West Wing, on the powerful council, which is comprised of key security agency heads.

The article describes the order as 'a greater source of frustration to the president than the fallout from the travel ban' – an action which has set off a series of court fights and protests around the country and the world.

The article references the  'bungled rollout of his executive order barring immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, a flurry of other miscues and embarrassments, and an approval rating lower than that of any comparable first-term president in the history.'

Trump and staff are 'rethinking an improvisational approach to governing that mirrors his chaotic presidential campaign,' according to the article, sourced to anonymous administration officials and Trump insiders.

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