“He would never be able to untangle his holdings and interests—including big investments in the Middle East—in a way that would satisfy… — Michael Wolff Investing Copy Share Image
“the more doubts gathered around Flynn, the more certain the president became that Flynn was his all-important ally.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Bannon, with mounting ferocity and pubic venom, could abide them less and less every day.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“based on conversations that took place over a period of eighteen months with the president,” — Michael Wolff Communication Copy Share Image
“Theory 4: But then there was the those-that-know-him-best theory, some version of which most Trumpers would come to embrace. He was just star-fucking.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“He clearly did not understand that what conservative media elevated, liberal media would necessarily take down.” — Michael Wolff Liberal media Copy Share Image
Being the governor of New York is a mighty job because of the city of New York. You would not want to… — Michael Wolff Being Copy Share Image
“His senior staff largely dealt with these dark hours by agreeing with him, no matter what he said.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Good management reduces ego. But in the Trump White House, it could often seem that nothing happened, that reality simply did not… — Michael Wolff Good man Copy Share Image
“Media is personal. It is a series of blood scores. The media in its often collective mind decides who is going to… — Michael Wolff Journalism Copy Share Image
“(The Kushner position was not helped by the fact that the president had been gleefully telling multiple people that Jared could solve… — Michael Wolff Middle east Copy Share Image
“I was in Russia years ago with the Ms. Universe contest—did very very well—I tell everyone be careful, because you don’t want… — Michael Wolff Russia Copy Share Image
Politics, which really is about the art of expression, ought to be a logical profession for writers (it's very hard to explain… — Michael Wolff Art Copy Share Image
“Reince Priebus, getting ready to shift over from the RNC to the White House, noted, with alarm, how often Trump offered people… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“chronic naysayer, he viewed each member of his inner circle as a problem child whose fate he held in his hand. “We… — Michael Wolff Children Copy Share Image
Running for office, or suggesting you might, is no longer about being a politician but being an independent opinion or sensibility entrepreneur.… — Michael Wolff Business Copy Share Image
“With his misspellings and his use of 1970s lingo—“wire tapping” called up an image of FBI agents crouched in a van on… — Michael Wolff Point of view Copy Share Image
“Much of the left—which had resoundingly and scathingly rejected the intelligence community’s unambiguous assessment of Edward Snowden as a betrayer of national… — Michael Wolff Intelligence community Copy Share Image
“Even before there was reason to suspect Sally Yates, they suspected her. The transition report said Trump wouldn’t like the fifty-six-year-old Atlanta-born… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Media is personal. It is a series of blood scores. The media in its often collective mind decides who is going to… — Michael Wolff Journalism Copy Share Image
“Operatives knew the game, and so did most candidates and officeholders. But Ailes was pretty sure Trump did not.Trump was undisciplined—he had… — Michael Wolff Game plan Copy Share Image
“Walsh, sitting within sight of the Oval Office, was located at something like the ground zero of the information flow between the… — Michael Wolff Ground zero Copy Share Image
“Haley had courted and befriended Ivanka, and Ivanka had brought her into the family circle, where she had become a particular focus… — Michael Wolff Air force Copy Share Image
“He held his face in his hands for a moment and then looked up again. “I’m pretty good at coming up with… — Michael Wolff Commander in chief Copy Share Image
“They were all concerned that Trump did not understand what he was up against. That there was simply not enough method to… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The unspoken agreement among them: not only would Donald Trump not be president, he should probably not be.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“and the almost samizdat sharing, or gobsmacked retelling, of otherwise private and deep-background conversations” — Michael Wolff Communication Copy Share Image
“he had acquired almost no formal sort of social discipline—he could not even attempt to imitate decorum.” — Michael Wolff Decorum Copy Share Image
“the organizational premise of the Trump White House: the family would always prevail.” — Michael Wolff Family Copy Share Image
“His was a zero-sum ecosystem. In the world of Trump, anything that he deemed of value either accrued to him or had… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“But most of the leaks, certainly the juiciest ones, were coming from the higher-ups—not to mention from the person occupying the topmost… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“His sons, Don Jr. and Eric—jokingly behind their backs known to Trump insiders as Uday and Qusay, after the sons of Saddam… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Journalism has become a form of idealism. It is no longer, first and foremost, function, craft, service - it is mission. — Michael Wolff Goals Copy Share Image
“said the president in his first week in the White House during a late-night call. “It’s all exaggerated. My exaggerations are exaggerated.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“George W. Bush, on the dais, supplied what seemed likely to become the historic footnote to the Trump address: “That’s some weird… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“(Flynn was “a colonel in a general’s uniform,” according to one senior intelligence figure.)” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump became a symbol of the media’s own self-loathing: the interest in and promotion of Donald Trump was a morality tale… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“(This required some tutoring for Trump, who referred to the Chinese leader as “Mr. X-i”; the president was told to think of… — Michael Wolff Leadership Copy Share Image
“He was the winner and now expected to be the object of awe, fascination, and favor. He expected this to be binary:… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump didn’t read. He didn’t really even skim. If it was print, it might as well not exist.” — Michael Wolff Books Copy Share Image
