“Careers advance by how well you learn on the job and how well you get along with the rest of the swamp… — Michael Wolff Career Copy Share Image
“If Trump cared about something, he usually already had a fixed view based on limited information. If he didn’t care, he had… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I'm not a daily reporter. I'm not a newspaper reporter, I'm not a political reporter. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Sean Spicer, whose job was literally to explain what people did and why, often simply could not—because nobody really had a job,… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“the president’s views of foreign policy and the world at large were among its most random, uninformed, and seemingly capricious aspects.” — Michael Wolff Foreign policy Copy Share Image
“he acceded to anyone who seemed to know more about any issue he didn’t care about,” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Jim Baker, chief of staff for both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and almost everybody’s model for managing the West… — Michael Wolff Chief of staff Copy Share Image
“The first woman president, Ivanka entertained, would not be Hillary Clinton, it would be Ivanka Trump.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
For decades, Trump had no life independent from the media. He became a figure in the nation, and his a monitisable name… — Michael Wolff Independent media Copy Share Image
“Ailes had a suggestion: “Speaker Boehner.” (John Boehner had been the Speaker of the House until he was forced out in a… — Michael Wolff Tea party Copy Share Image
Before even getting to David Cameron's father here's a starting-point question about the Panama Papers: how is the desire to break the… — Michael Wolff Anonymity Copy Share Image
“The charge that Trump colluded with the Russians to win the election, which he scoffed at, was, in the estimation of some… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump craved media approval. But, as Bannon emphasized, he was never going to get the facts right, nor was he ever going… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“It was the chaos of just doing things that actually got things done. Except, even if you assumed that not knowing how… — Michael Wolff Chaos Copy Share Image
“Kushner, in fact, now believed Bannon would do anything to destroy them. This was personal. After months of defending Bannon against liberal… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
The Apple imperative is to build a system that is 100 per cent resistant to any government warrant. The data on your… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump’s wounded feelings—his sense of being shunned and unloved on the very day he became president—helped send that message. When he came… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Pivoting from Trump himself, Bannon plunged on with the Trump agenda. “Day one we’re moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. Netanyahu’s all… — Michael Wolff Bad guy Copy Share Image
“What has he gotten himself into with the Russians?” pressed Ailes. “Mostly,” said Bannon, “he went to Russia and he thought he… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“He reprimanded the housekeeping staff for picking up his shirt from the floor: “If my shirt is on the floor, it’s because… — Michael Wolff Fear Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t serving up these insults for effect—well, not entirely. And his behavior wasn’t carefully calculated; it was tit for tat, and… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The face-off quickly escalated into an existential confrontation between the two sides of the White House—two sides on a total war footing.… — Michael Wolff Total war Copy Share Image
“Hicks, sponsored by Ivanka and ever loyal to her, was in fact thought of as Trump’s real daughter, while Ivanka was thought… — Michael Wolff Marriage Copy Share Image
“Bannon and Kushner were therefore more than a little irritated to discover that the unimposing Priebus had an agenda of his own:… — Michael Wolff Capitol hill Copy Share Image
“Bannon averred: “When you take out all the never-Trump guys who signed all those letters and all the neocons who got us… — Michael Wolff Neocons Copy Share Image
“But now, the new president-elect—after the most astonishing upset in American history—was on tenterhooks waiting for Murdoch.” — Michael Wolff American history Copy Share Image
“senior staff believed the president had a problem with reality, and reality was now overwhelming him.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
The emerging notion of the Eighties was that publicity was a currency. The old view was that if you had a currency… — Michael Wolff Attention Copy Share Image
“The campaign staff, now suddenly in a position to snag West Wing jobs—career- and history-making jobs—had to see this odd, difficult, even… — Michael Wolff West wing Copy Share Image
Every journalism bromide - speaking truth to power, comforting the afflicted, afflicting the powerful - that otherwise would be hopelessly sappy to… — Michael Wolff Business Copy Share Image
Brexit and Trump are a generational revenge. This may partly be against millennial certainty and superiority, and, indeed, ageism; and it may… — Michael Wolff Ageism Copy Share Image
“Bannon invariably found some reason to study papers in the corner and then to have a last word; Priebus kept his eye… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“While nobody would ever say Trump was sensitive when it came to women, he had many views about how to get along… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Long-running scandal fuels targeted political media. It's the stuff of obsession, which is the basis of a passionate core audience. More obsession… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Early in the campaign, in a Producers-worthy scene, Sam Nunberg was sent to explain the Constitution to the candidate: “I got as… — Michael Wolff Constitution Copy Share Image
Corbyn and Trump don't seem to have anything in common except the assumption on the part of anyone subscribing at any level… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
In the litany of issues that separate the two Americas - one more conservative and one more liberal, increasingly as opposed and… — Michael Wolff Conservative Copy Share Image
“But not only didn’t he read, he didn’t listen. He preferred to be the person talking. And he trusted his own expertise—no… — Michael Wolff Attention span Copy Share Image
“When he came off the podium after delivering his address, he kept repeating, “Nobody will forget this speech.” George W. Bush, on… — Michael Wolff Communication Copy Share Image
“And Murdoch, finally arriving at the party he was in more than one way sorely late to, was as subdued and thrown… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
