“If Trump cared about something, he usually already had a fixed view based on limited information. If he didn’t care, he had… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump was Trump—careless, capricious, disloyal, far beyond any sort of control.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“It certainly is an odd circumstance if you live your life without regard for being elected and then get elected—and quite an… — Michael Wolff Life 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
“This—insulting Donald Trump’s intelligence—was both the thing you could not do and the thing—drawing there-but-for-the-grace-of-God guffaws across the senior staff—that everybody was… — Michael Wolff 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
“Indeed, while everybody in his rich-guy social circle knew about his wide-ranging ignorance—Trump, the businessman, could not even read a balance sheet,… — Michael Wolff Attention to detail Copy Share Image
“this was another—and to some quite the ultimate—example of how difficult it was for the president to function in a literal, definitional,… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Not only did the president-elect wear his deep and bitter grievances on his sleeve, but it was now clear that the fact… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“But Ailes was convinced that Trump had no political beliefs or backbone. The fact that Trump had become the ultimate avatar of… — Michael Wolff Common man 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
“Finally, there was a new rationale that Flynn should be fired not because of his Russian contacts, but because he had lied… — Michael Wolff Chain of command Copy Share Image
Politics is ultimately not that complicated a profession; it's where the mediocre distinguish themselves. — Michael Wolff Complicated Copy Share Image
“In business meetings, observers would be nonplussed that Charlie and Jared Kushner invariably greeted each other with a kiss and that the… — Michael Wolff Business Copy Share Image
Indeed, Rusbridger has finessed for the Guardian a certain willing suspension of disbelief and is able to credibly maintain conceits and moral… — Michael Wolff Guardian 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 Communication Copy Share Image
“Scaramucci also took on Steve Bannon: “I’m not Steve Bannon. I’m not trying to suck my own cock.” (In fact, Bannon learned… — Michael Wolff Steve Bannon 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
“She treated her father with some lightness, even irony, and in at least one television interview she made fun of his comb-over.… — Michael Wolff Hair color Copy Share Image
“It was nearly incomprehensible to him that the same people—that is, the media—who had violently criticized him for saying he might dispute… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“His son-in-law and daughter hoped—they were even confident—that they could speak to DJT’s better self, or at least balance Republican needs with… — Michael Wolff Children Copy Share Image
The more power you have, the more surely it will be taken from you before you are ready to give it up. — Michael Wolff Give 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
“National Policy Institute, which is sometimes described as a “white supremacist think tank,” — Michael Wolff 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
