"No, I don't [plan on firing Rosenstein]," Trump said when asked about such a possibility, as quoted in the USA Today newspaper.
The president added that he got along "very well" with the deputy attorney general.
27 September 2018, 17:49 GMT
According to the media outlet, Rosenstein was summoned to the White House two weeks ago, expecting to be let go.
Trump has reportedly criticized Rosenstein over appointing Robert Mueller a special counsel leading a probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.
Russia has repeatedly refuted all allegations of tampering with the US elections, stressing that the claims remained unsubstantiated.
