“Bannon had promised to come to this small dinner arranged by mutual friends in a Greenwich Village town house to see Roger… — Michael Wolff Food Copy Share Image
“Dopey Don Jr. (Fredo, as Steve Bannon would dub him, in one of his frequent Godfather borrowings) was simply trying to prove… — Michael Wolff Godfather Copy Share Image
“Bannon’s strategic view of government was shock and awe. Dominate rather than negotiate. Having daydreamed his way into ultimate bureaucratic power, he… — Michael Wolff Bureaucratic Copy Share Image
As much as any other producer in the modern movie age, Harvey Weinstein has been a subject of media fascination. The grossness,… — Michael Wolff Age Copy Share Image
Bill de Blasio, for his part, became the mayor of New York, surely the most powerful local political position in the nation,… — Michael Wolff Job Copy Share Image
“Shortly after eight o’clock that evening, when the unexpected trend—Trump might actually win—seemed confirmed, Don Jr. told a friend that his father,… — Michael Wolff Donald trump Copy Share Image
I am in the representational business, a portraitist. I have tried to walk an amused line amid hyperbole, documentary detail, cruel characterisation,… — Michael Wolff Business Copy Share Image
“most of all don’t let him piss off the intel community,” said one national Republican figure to Kushner. “If you fuck with… — Michael Wolff Every day Copy Share Image
If selling had been part of his job description, Rusbridger, who never met a pound he had to earn that didn't disgust… — Michael Wolff Enthusiasm Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has been both a peculiar and characteristic American figure for more than three decades. Inheriting a small New York real-estate… — Michael Wolff American Copy Share Image
“The three senior guys in the campaign,” an incredulous Bannon went on, “thought it was a good idea to meet with a… — Michael Wolff Politics Copy Share Image
“The Oval Office itself had been used by prior occupants as the ultimate power symbol, a ceremonial climax. But as soon as… — Michael Wolff Oval office Copy Share Image
“Christie had sent Jared’s father, Charles Kushner, to jail in 2005. Charlie Kushner, pursued by the feds for an income tax cheat,… — Michael Wolff Income tax 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 North star Copy Share Image
“The president couldn’t stop talking. He was plaintive and self-pitying, and it was obvious to everyone that if he had a north… — Michael Wolff North star 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
“The story of Trump was the story of how he tried to make himself a story. He was shameless, campy, and instructive:… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“Trump liked to say that one of the things that made life worth living was getting your friends’ wives into bed. In… — Michael Wolff Friendship Copy Share Image
“fact-checkers from the magazine called him for comment about Scaramucci’s accusation that he sucked his own cock.)” — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“Trump usually avoided: he had no interest in personnel problems, since they put the emphasis on other people.” — Michael Wolff Avoided Copy Share Image
“If the new right had elected Trump, it was the older Fortune 100 executives who most pleased him” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Bannon described Trump as a simple machine. The On switch was full of flattery, the Off switch full of calumny.” — Michael Wolff Computers Copy Share Image
If the president of the United States comes after you, you feel concerned. — Michael Wolff Concerned Copy Share Image
“Trump, perhaps not yet appreciating the difference between becoming president and elevating his social standing,” — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“Men who demand the most loyalty tend to be the least loyal pricks,” — Michael Wolff Loyalty Copy Share Image
Voters seem to enjoy voting for what experts believe they won't vote for. — Michael Wolff Believe Copy Share Image
“this was the fundamental hypothesis of the senior staff, shared by Walsh and everyone else: Trump must know what he was doing,… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
Trump is a man who, for better or worse, stands in opposition to the institutions that dominate American political life. — Michael Wolff American Copy Share Image
“He spoke obliviously and happily, believing himself to be a perfect pitch raconteur and public performer, while everyone with him held their… — 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
“This was the peculiar and haunting consensus—not that Trump was guilty of all that he was accused of, but that he was… — 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“Bannon, Kushner, Conway, and the president’s daughter actually had no specific responsibilities—they could make it up as they went along. They did… — Michael Wolff Children 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
“elevated, liberal media would necessarily take down. Trump, goaded by Bannon, would continue to do the things that would delight conservative media… — Michael Wolff Liberal media 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 Late Copy Share Image
Here's a certainty: When you play out your personal dramas, hurt and self-interest in the media, it's a confection. You say what… — Michael Wolff Certainty 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
The Apple imperative is to build a system that is 100 per cent resistant to any government warrant. The data on your… — Michael Wolff Apple Copy Share Image