WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s latest tweetstorm pushed back Wednesday against rumors his transition team is in disarray, and denied a news report that foreign leaders have struggled to reach him by phone.

The New York Times wrote that the president-elect’s inner circle were “improvising” as they went about the critical task of hiring top staff to replace the administration of outgoing President Barack Obama.

The daily also wrote that foreign leaders were “blindly dialing” Trump Tower, the billionaire’s opulent office, to try to speak to him — a charge Trump strongly denied.

“I have received and taken calls from many foreign leaders despite what the failing @nytimes said,” the Republican tweeted to his 15 million followers.

“Russia, UK, China, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and more. I am always available to them,” he said.

“@nytimes is just upset that they looked like fools in their coverage of me.”

One week after Trump’s shock election win, rumors have swirled of a messy presidential transition hampered by bickering and backstabbing as he prepares to take the reins of power in just nine weeks.

However, Trump’s frenzied flurry of tweets denied rumors of internal disorder among his team.

“Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions,” he wrote late Tuesday, scoffing at media speculation about the frontrunners for key administration posts. 

“I am the only one who knows who the finalists are!” he tweeted.

Several US news outlets have reported that former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is tipped for secretary of state. 

Hawkish former UN ambassador John Bolton and retired general Michael Flynn reportedly are also among those shortlisted for top jobs.

Other sightings at the iconic Trump-branded skyscraper included Ted Cruz — the arch-conservative Texas senator who Trump belittled as “Lyin’ Ted” during the Republican primaries.

Trump also dismissed press reports that he was trying to get family members cleared to attend high-level briefings. 

“I am not trying to get “top level security clearance” for my children. This was a typically false news story,” he tweeted on Wednesday.

Media said Trump has requested top-secret clearance for his son-in-law Jared Kushner — husband to his daughter Ivanka — so he can join the daily presidential briefings.

The Washington Post reported that Kushner purged several transition team members allegedly linked to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who was demoted Friday when Trump reshuffled his transition team and placed Pence in charge.

Kushner is a real estate developer with no political experience other than his role as a Trump confidant on the campaign trail.