“Much of the president’s daily conversation was a repetitive rundown of what various anchors and hosts had said about him.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“And that evening, the president traveled to West Virginia to deliver a speech before the Boy Scouts of America. Once more, his… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“His callers, largely because they found his conversation peculiar, alarming, or completely contrary to reason and common sense, often overrode what they… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“There was, curiously, general agreement in the West Wing that Donald Trump, the media president, had one of the most dysfunctional communication… — Michael Wolff 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 Copy Share Image
“success of the speech confirmed the Jared and Ivanka strategy: look for common ground. It also confirmed Ivanka’s understanding of her father:… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I can hardly tell you how boring it is to interview almost every politician among the multitudes I have ever interviewed (journalists… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“But Thiel, who gave a speech supporting Trump at the Republican Convention in Cleveland, reported back that, even having been forewarned, he… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“and the almost samizdat sharing, or gobsmacked retelling, of otherwise private and deep-background conversations” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The president did not truly listen to anybody. The more you talked, the less he listened.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“based on conversations that took place over a period of eighteen months with the president,” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“In a continuing sign of Trump’s Rashomon effect—his speeches inspiring joy or horror—witnesses would describe his reception at the CIA as either… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Donald Trump doesn't necessarily stay mad for very long. He's a transactional guy. If you can offer him something, he will take it. Or… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“it confirmed Bannon’s worst fear: Trump, in his true heart, was a marshmallow.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“An important aspect of Kaplan’s New York Observer and its self-conscious inside media baseball was that the paper became the prime school for a… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The candidate who billed himself as a billionaire—ten times over—refused even to invest his own money in it.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
If institutions don't grow, they... well, I don't know what happens to them, because they always grow. I suppose the point is that we… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Even though Trump liked to portray his business as an empire, it was actually a discrete holding company and boutique enterprise,” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“the organizational premise of the Trump White House: the family would always prevail.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump, who referred to the Chinese leader as “Mr. X-i”; the president was told to think of him as a woman and call him… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump, even more than his father, was perceived as a vulgarian—after all, he put his name on his buildings, quite a déclassé thing… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your e-book. Please use the search function… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump liked to say that one of the things that made life worth living was getting your friends’ wives into bed.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
