“Trump, despite his disappointment at Washington’s failure to properly greet and celebrate him, was, like a good salesman, an optimist. Salesmen, whose… — Michael Wolff Failure Copy Share Image
“Each of these interlocutors provided Kushner with something of a tutorial on the limitations of presidential power—that Washington was as much designed… — Michael Wolff Every day Copy Share Image
“The first couple of times when I went to the White House, someone had to say, This is Mick Mulvaney, he’s the… — Michael Wolff Time Copy Share Image
“Early on, before getting down to attacking each other, Bannon and Kushner were united in their separate offensives against Priebus. Kushner’s preferred… — Michael Wolff Cell phone Copy Share Image
“Trump’s extemporaneous moments were always existential, but more so for his aides than for him. He spoke obliviously and happily, believing himself… — Michael Wolff Clear direction 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
“It had personally pained Trump not to be able to give it to him. But if the Republican establishment had not wanted… — Michael Wolff Attorney general 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
“I now understand what it is like to be in the court of the Tudors,” reflected Bannon. On the campaign trail, he… — Michael Wolff Best friend 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
“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
“What was, to many of the people who knew Trump well, much more confounding was that he had managed to win this… — Michael Wolff Cause and effect 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
“One particularly profitable transaction with the president was to bring him new, ever harsher criticism of his chief strategist, or reports of… — Michael Wolff Criticizing 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Hence, the new operating principle was simple: do the opposite of what they (Obama, but the Bush neocons, too) would do. Their… — Michael Wolff Habits 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
“China’s everything. Nothing else matters. We don’t get China right, we don’t get anything right. This whole thing is very simple. China… — Michael Wolff China Copy Share Image
“The campaign, on its face, was not designed to win anything.” — Michael Wolff Campaign Copy Share Image
“the political antichrist, a figure of dark but buffoonish scandal,” — Michael Wolff Antichrist Copy Share Image
I have written periodically for the Guardian for more than a decade. — Michael Wolff Decade Copy Share Image
“He simply hoped that difficult decisions would make themselves.” — Michael Wolff Decision making Copy Share Image
