“Political campaigns, substantially based on volunteer help, attract a range of silly, needy, and opportunistic figures. The Trump campaign perhaps scraped lower… — Michael Wolff Politics Copy Share Image
“Hence, within twenty-four hours of the inauguration, the president had invented a million or so people who did not exist. He sent… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“defiance of law and tone, and everybody’s disbelieving looks, the president seemed intent on surrounding himself in the White House with his… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“For whatever reason, almost everyone I contacted—senior members of the White House staff as well as dedicated observers of it—shared large amounts… — Michael Wolff Time Copy Share Image
“The next day Kellyanne Conway, her aggressive posture during the campaign turning more and more to petulance and self-pity, asserted the new… — Michael Wolff Next day Copy Share Image
“In fact, up close, Trump was not the bombastic and pugilistic man who had stirred rabid crowds on the campaign trail. He… — Michael Wolff Modern history Copy Share Image
“A close Trump friend who was also a good Bill Clinton friend found them eerily similar—except that Clinton had a respectable front… — Michael Wolff Friendship Copy Share Image
“Bannon described Trump as a simple machine. The On switch was full of flattery, the Off switch full of calumny. The flattery… — Michael Wolff Computers Copy Share Image
“Politics had seemed to become, even well before the age of Trump, a mortal affair. It was now zero-sum: When one side… — Michael Wolff Battle between good and evil Copy Share Image
“And it was not only calls from friends worried about him, but staffers calling people to call him and say Simmer down.… — Michael Wolff Friendship Copy Share Image
“But one clear difference was that he had acquired almost no formal sort of social discipline—he could not even attempt to imitate… — Michael Wolff Conversation Copy Share Image
“D.C. area colleges being among the most reliable feeders of swamp talent (government is not really an Ivy League profession). Most government… — Michael Wolff Ivy league Copy Share Image
“Trump’s understanding of his own essential nature was even more precise. Once, coming back on his plane with a billionaire friend who… — Michael Wolff Atlantic city 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 Communication Copy Share Image
“In 2014, when he first seriously began to consider running for president, Melania was one of the few who thought it was… — Michael Wolff Children Copy Share Image
“Against this background (North Korea missile threats), almost no one paid attention to the announcement by the Trump supporter and American neo-Nazi… — Michael Wolff North korea Copy Share Image
“Bannon didn’t much question Donald Trump’s bona fides, or behavior, or electability, because, in part, Trump was just his latest rich man.… — Michael Wolff Rich man Copy Share Image
“There would be, in other words, one chief of staff in name—the unimportant one—and various others, more important, in practice, ensuring both… — Michael Wolff Chief of staff Copy Share Image
“The information he did not get was formal information. The data. The details. The options. The analysis. He didn’t do PowerPoint. For… — Michael Wolff Education Copy Share Image
“Bob Woodward’s 1994 book, The Agenda, is a blow-by-blow account of the first eighteen months of the Clinton White House, most of… — Michael Wolff Time Copy Share Image
“If the Trump White House was as unsettling as any in American history, the president’s views of foreign policy and the world… — Michael Wolff American history Copy Share Image
“What’s more, Trump was receiving the censure of his friends, too. And it was not only calls from friends worried about him,… — Michael Wolff Friendship Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump believed he had vastly more power, authority, and control than in fact he had, and he believed his talent for… — Michael Wolff Donald trump Copy Share Image
“Expertise was the last refuge of liberals, ever defeated by the big picture.” — Michael Wolff Big picture Copy Share Image
Fame, in Trumpian fashion, is war. You are expected to defend your fame; many people want to take it from you. — Michael Wolff Defend Copy Share Image
“Bannon finally arrived. Wearing a disheveled blazer, his signature pairing of two shirts,” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“That was almost his appeal: he was what he was. Twinkle in his eye, larceny in his soul.” — Michael Wolff Larceny Copy Share Image
“the political antichrist, a figure of dark but buffoonish scandal,” — Michael Wolff Antichrist Copy Share Image
“You could hardly find an entity more at odds with military discipline than a Trump organization.” — Michael Wolff Discipline Copy Share Image
A President of the United States cannot restrain anything from publication. — Michael Wolff Anything Copy Share Image
Alan Rusbridger is, to many, among the most admired newspaper editors of our time. — Michael Wolff Editors Copy Share Image
“For anything that smacked of a classroom or of being lectured to—“professor” was one of his bad words, and he was proud… — Michael Wolff Education Copy Share Image
