Michael Caputo hilariously accuses Trump's enemies of 'gaslighting the president'

Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo on Sunday insisted that he knows the identity of the Trump administration official who assailed the president in a recent New York Timesessay.

During a Sunday interview with CNN, Caputo said that he would not reveal the identity of the administration official who wrote the essay, but he did insist that it had been written by a woman.

"I started with this. Who is the person who I believe hates the president the most?" Caputo asked. "Who is the person in the administration who has screamed about him in their own private office and gone forward and purged their entire office of Trump people?"

"I think, first of all, this person will never admit it," he opined. "In my mind, the author of this op-ed believes that she is a hero to the American people."

"She?" CNN host Fredricka Whitfield said, attempting to pin down her guest.

According to Caputo, this woman believes "she should be president instead of Donald Trump."

"In my mind I believe the president should move forward with a team of people," he continued. "The president himself should focus on the midterms."

Although Caputo may have been referring to United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, he did not immediately clarify his remarks.

Caputo also accused Trump's enemies of "gaslighting" the president by naming different cabinet officials.

"We are going down a rabbit hole by gaslighting the president into believing his closest aides with the clever words are plotting against him," the former adviser said. "They are sending him down a rabbit hole where he should be campaigning for Republican candidates so that we keep the House and embolden the Senate in support of the president's policies."

"If he focuses on this instead of the campaign trail, we are in real trouble," he concluded.

Trump and those around him have also often been accused of what's known as "gaslighting" by repeating falsehoods in an attempt to make Americans confused about the truth.

Watch the video below from CNN.