前白宫新闻秘书萨拉·哈克比·桑德斯周二在美国广播公司“早安美国”的独家采访中说，她的前同事批评了总统唐纳德·特朗普离开岗位后，是“心怀不满的员工”,他们“试图推行自己的议程。”
桑德斯的回忆录于周二出版，他告诉美国广播公司首席新闻主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯，来自前官员——包括前国家安全顾问——的不和谐的负面评论约翰·博尔顿前国务卿雷克斯·蒂勒森，和前国防部长吉姆·马蒂斯——与她自己的说法形成鲜明对比，因为她的说法是“诚实的”
桑德斯说:“这真的很简单。”“我认为我的叙述实际上是诚实的。你看到的是那些心怀不满的员工，那些试图推行自己计划的人。”
美国广播公司新闻
莎拉·桑德斯出现在2020年9月8日的《早安美国》节目中。
桑德斯的书《为我自己说话:信念、自由和特朗普白宫内的生命之战》讲述了她在白宫的岁月。她说这“非常坦率，非常真实，向你展示了总统的另一面。”
一个批评特朗普的声音——退休将军约翰·凯利，特朗普手下的前白宫办公厅主任——在过去几天里一直保持沉默报告《大西洋月刊》上周称，特朗普对军方成员发表了轻蔑言论。
在斯蒂芬诺普洛斯(Stephanopoulos)的追问下，关于凯利为何没有像桑德斯(Sanders)和许多其他现任和前任官员那样站出来为总统辩护，桑德斯说，“这个问题你得问凯利将军。”
桑德斯说，据报道，特朗普称倒下的服务成员是“失败者”和“冤大头”，那天她在场，“那些评论没有发生。”美国广播公司尚未证实《大西洋月刊》的报道。
在随后的《观点》采访中，桑德斯回避了联合主持人梅根·麦凯恩(Meghan McCain)提出的一个问题，即特朗普过去对其父亲、已故参议员约翰·麦凯恩(John McCain)和其他军方成员的“煽动性”言论，以及这如何使这些指控更可信，尽管这些指控来自匿名来源。
她说她“亲眼目睹了总统对我们军队中的男女军人的尊敬和钦佩。”
在麦凯恩的追问下，桑德斯后来补充道:“不可否认，唐纳德·特朗普不仅不喜欢你父亲，你父亲也不喜欢总统。”
桑德斯说:“我并不是说，没有一些时刻是激烈的，没有最高水平的尊重，但当谈到这位总统是谁，在他的内心，以及他对我们武装部队的男女成员的感受时，我可以说，就我自己的经验而言，他有很高水平的尊重。”
据《大西洋月刊》报道，2017年，特朗普站在凯利2010年死于阿富汗的儿子的墓旁说:“我不明白。”这对他们有什么好处?”
桑德斯说:“我没有站在总统旁边，没有。”
特朗普的前私人律师迈克尔·科恩周二也出版了一本批评总统的书。
桑德斯在《早安美国》节目中说:“意见不同并不是一件坏事。”“我认为这是总统成功的原因之一。”他愿意倾听那些人的心声。”
吉姆·沃森/法新社/盖蒂影像公司，档案
2019年5月23日，莎拉·桑德斯在白宫西翼外接受媒体采访。
这位前新闻秘书不愿证实她正在考虑竞选其家乡阿肯色州州长的猜测。她的父亲迈克·哈克比从1996年到2007年担任州长。
桑德斯说:“我们拭目以待。”“现在我的重点是2020年的选举，帮助总统连任。我希望看到我们在参议院获得更多席位，夺回众议院，我将在2020年后就此做出决定。”
桑德斯还表示，做母亲有助于她履行新闻秘书的职责，从对记者和孩子说“不”，到发出一致的信息。
她说:“我认为当妈妈让我成为一个更好的新闻秘书，我认为当唐纳德·特朗普的新闻秘书让我成为一个更好的妈妈。”
Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Former officials critical of Trump are 'disgruntled employees'
Former White House press secretarySarah Huckabee Sanderssaid Tuesday in an exclusive interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" that her former colleagues who have criticized PresidentDonald Trumpafter leaving their positions were "disgruntled employees" who "have tried to push their own agenda."
Sanders, whose memoir was published Tuesday, told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos that the cacophony of negative comments from former officials -- including former National Security AdviserJohn Bolton, former Secretary of StateRex Tillerson, and former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis -- contrasted sharply with her own account because hers was "honest."
"It's really simple," Sanders said. "I think mine is actually the honest account. You're looking at people who have left as disgruntled employees, people who have tried to push their own agenda."
Sarah Sanders appears on "Good Morning America," Sept. 8, 2020.
Sanders' book, "Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House," covers her years in the White House. She said it was "very candid, very authentic and shows you a different side of the president."
One voice critical of Trump -- Retired Gen. John F. Kelly, a former White House chief of staff under Trump -- has remained silent in the past several days after areportin The Atlantic last week said Trump had made disparaging remarks about members of the military.
Pressed by Stephanopoulos on why Kelly had not spoken out to defend the president, as Sanders and numerous other current and former officials had, Sanders said, "That's a question you'd have to ask General Kelly."
Sanders said she was present on the day Trump reportedly called fallen service members "losers" and "suckers" and that "those comments didn't happen." ABC News has not confirmed The Atlantic's account.
In a later interview on "The View," Sanders sidestepped a question from co-host Meghan McCain about Trump's past "incendiary" comments about her father, the late Sen. John McCain, and other members of the military -- and how that makes these allegations more believable even though they come from anonymous sources.
She said she "witnessed firsthand the president's respect and admiration for the men and women of our armed forces."
Pressed by McCain, Sanders later added, "There's no denying the fact that not only did Donald Trump dislike your father, your father disliked the president."
"I'm not saying that there weren't some moments that were heated, that were not of the highest level of respect," Sanders said, "but when it comes to who this president is, at his heart, and how he feels about the men and women of our armed services, I can say for my own experience he has a great level of respect."
She said she was not present for an incident in 2017, when, according to The Atlantic, standing beside the grave of Kelly's son, who died in Afghanistan in 2010, Trump said: "I don't get it. What was in it for them?"
"I was not standing next to the president for that, no," Sanders said.
Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, also has a book critical of the president out Tuesday.
"Having a difference of opinion is not a bad thing," Sanders said on "Good Morning America." "I think that's one of the reasons the president has been successful. He's willing to listen to those people."
Sarah Sanders speaks to the media outside the West Wing of the White House, May 23, 2019.
The former press secretary would not confirm speculation she was considering a run for governor of Arkansas, her home state. Her father, Mike Huckabee, served as governor from 1996 to 2007.
"We'll see," Sanders said. "Right now my focus is on the 2020 election, helping the president get re-elected. I'd love to see us pick up some more seats in the Senate and take back the House, and I'll make a decision on that after we get through 2020."
Sanders also said that being a mother helped her in her role as press secretary, from telling both reporters and children "no" to having a consistent message.
"I think being a mom made me a better press secretary, and being a press secretary for Donald Trump, I think, made me a better mom," she said.
