I would think this is B.S. except for the actions of this administration.
It’s definitely believable, but can it be verified?
Yes.
It is truly sad that that the current administration is so anti-American and so corrupt that we are left seriously wondering whether a high-ranking United States government official actually made such a treasonous and seditious statement.
There was a time, not all that long ago, when such the the existence of a presidential adviser who MIGHT have said such a thing was not even a remote possibility.