President Donald Trump's longtime biographer Michael Wolff struck a nerve on Saturday with commentary about the "buffoons" the president has endorsed in the upcoming midterm elections, drawing a sharply worded rebuke from the White House.

A Daily Beast report on Wolff's reasoning included a furious remark from the White House after the outlet reached out for comment.

"Michael Wolff is a professional scumbag and serial liar whose brain has been completely warped by his severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome," a White House spokesperson said.

Wolff, the author of multiple best-selling books about Trump including "Fire and Fury" and "Landslide," has been a polarizing figure in political journalism; his reporting has drawn both wide readership and criticism over sourcing and accuracy, and Trump has previously disputed characterizations in his books. He has made multiple headlines in recent months as a go-to commentator on all things Trump. He is known to comment on the president's "struggling" marriage, Trump's eye-bulging rages, adult-diaper rumors, and his relationship with the notorious Jeffrey Epstein.

On Saturday, Wolff added Trump's questionable endorsements to that list.

"There's an interesting pattern of men who won't admit to their wives that they are voting for Donald Trump, and then they vote for Donald Trump," Wolff said.

"The dynamic is different in this midterm election because he's not on the ballot. So, you know, the buffoons who are running in his name don't have the luxury of being the ultimate buffoon, as it were."

This, Wolff argued, is why he believes the candidates Trump has placed on the ballot — the "buffoons" — will not fare well on election day.

"You might like to vote for the greatest buffoon of all time, but the many buffoons, you don't really want," Wolff said. "Do you really want to vote for Ken Paxton?"

Wolff's remarks touch on a broader dynamic in midterm elections, in which the party occupying the White House historically faces headwinds because the president himself is not on the ballot, leaving down-ballot candidates to run on his record. Trump has endorsed a slate of allies in key races, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom Wolff cited directly in his comments. The White House's forceful response — one of its blunter personal attacks on a critic — underscores the sensitivity of criticism aimed at the president's political operation as the midterms approach, and how contested media narratives about Trump's endorsements may shape coverage of those races heading into election day.