Former FBI Director James Comey is shrugging off criticism from the White House concerning his controversial new book A Higher Loyalty, in which he is highly critical of President Donald Trump.

“I kind of shrug. I can’t control – it doesn’t appear that anybody can – what he says and does,” Comey tells WSB Radio’s Scott Slade. “All I can do is share and be as transparent as I can.

In the book, Comey compares the president to a mob boss. In interviews, he has described the president as ‘morally unfit’ for office.

President Trump has responded on Twitter, saying: “Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!”

Comey tells WSB that he hopes people reading his book “see that I’m pretty tough on myself, and try to show people times when I’ve done things I’m not proud of.”

He adds, “I think if you take the entire picture together, it’s hard to say what [Trump] says about me.”

LISTEN TO SCOTT SLADE’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER FBI DIRECTOR HERE.

When asked whether he would rethink any of his decisions from the past year, Comey says through a chuckle, “If I had a magic wand, Hillary Clinton would never have had an email server and Anthony Weiner would never have bought a lap top – ever, because then the FBI wouldn’t be in the middle of a nightmare.”

On a more serious note, he adds, “Look reasonable people can disagree, but I’m proud of the way we made the decisions because we made them for the right reasons even if people disagree with the result.

“And so, there is not a major decision I would think about differently, even with a magic wand.”

In A Higher Loyalty, Comey talks about learning from three presidents, two of which he says illustrate the values at the heart of ethical leadership.  "The two presidents I mean are George W. Bush and Barack Obama," Comey explains. "They're very different people – very different politics – but I found that both of them had great respect for institutional values and things like the rule of law.

“You saw that in President Bush’s refusal to pardon Scooter Libby, someone he was close to.”

He adds, “They both understood they needed to get people to speak the truth to them. That’s the hardest thing for a leader to get.”

Up next for Comey is a town hall with CNN and an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier. He tells WSB he is also trying to arrange to go on “Fox and Friends” because he believes he “should answer questions from everybody.”

Comey’s replacement as FBI director, former Atlanta resident Christopher Wray, has come under recent fire after senators demanded he turn over a document justifying the Russia probe or face a contempt of Congress charge and possible impeachment.

Comey offered some advice for his successor. “Be yourself. He’s a person of great ability and great character and integrity. I wish I was still the FBI Director, but if I can’t be, that’s the kind of person you need.

“And if he’s true to himself, the country will be well-served.”