“chronic naysayer, he viewed each member of his inner circle as a problem child whose fate he held in his hand. “We… — Michael Wolff Children Copy Share Image
“(The Kushner position was not helped by the fact that the president had been gleefully telling multiple people that Jared could solve… — Michael Wolff Middle east Copy Share Image
“Trump was not a politician who could parse factions of support and opprobrium; he was a salesman who needed to make a… — Michael Wolff Politics Copy Share Image
“The Mexican president refused to construct a pretense for paying for the wall, a pretense that might have redounded to his vast… — Michael Wolff Mexican President Copy Share Image
Cable television is basically now the business of former political professionals. Joe Scarborough, a former Florida Congressman, is a far more successful… — Michael Wolff Business 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
“Offering forceful and dire warnings, Bannon told the president: “This Russian story is a third-tier story, but you fire Comey and it’ll… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
A particular modern problem is that megalomania, especially when it involves real estate development, is the disturbance of many faceless men. And… — Michael Wolff Difficult Copy Share Image
“Not only did Trump disregard the potential conflicts of his business deals and real estate holdings, he audaciously refused to release his… — Michael Wolff Bad luck 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
“No one in the country, or on earth, has given less thought to health insurance than Donald,” said Roger Ailes. Pressed in… — Michael Wolff Health Copy Share Image
“Bannon, for instance, even driven by his imperative just to get things done, did not use a computer. How did he do… — Michael Wolff Big picture Copy Share Image
“It was part hortatory, part personal testimony, part barstool blowhard, a rambling, disjointed, digressive, what-me-worry approach that combined aspects of cable television… — Michael Wolff American politics 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
“Not taking off his dark overcoat, lending him quite a hulking gangster look, pacing in front of the CIA’s wall of stars… — Michael Wolff American president Copy Share Image
“She was a nonevent on the campaign. She became a White House staffer and that’s when people suddenly realized she’s dumb as… — Michael Wolff Credibility Copy Share Image
Possibly the defining development of postmodern politics - naturally, an American one - is the separation of personality from ideology. If you… — Michael Wolff American Copy Share Image
“The conundrum was that conservative media saw Trump as its creature, while Trump saw himself as a star, a vaunted and valued… — Michael Wolff Body love Copy Share Image
“A pro wrestling fan who became a World Wrestling Entertainment supporter and personality (inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame), Trump lived,… — Michael Wolff Fictional character 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 Common ground 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 Boy scout Copy Share Image
“Trump craved media approval. But, as Bannon emphasized, he was never going to get the facts right, nor was he ever going… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“He was a clown-prince version of Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Trump believed, offering catnip to deep American ire… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
I have known Boris Johnson since 2004. I wrote the first big profile about him in the American press. I've been edited… — Michael Wolff American Copy Share Image
“As Walsh saw it, Steve Bannon was running the Steve Bannon White House, Jared Kushner was running the Michael Bloomberg White House,… — Michael Wolff Paul ryan Copy Share Image
“In an age when all successful political candidates are surrounded by, if not at the beck and call of, difficult, even sociopathic,… — Michael Wolff Politics Copy Share Image
“Anyone studying the position would conclude that a stronger chief of staff is better than a weaker one, and a chief of… — Michael Wolff Chief of staff Copy Share Image
“Bypassing lawyers, regulators, and the agencies and personnel responsible for enforcing it, President Trump—with Bannon’s low, intense voice behind him, offering a… — Michael Wolff President trump Copy Share Image
“China is where Nazi Germany was in 1929 to 1930. The Chinese, like the Germans, are the most rational people in the… — Michael Wolff Nazi germany Copy Share Image
“His departure would return the Trump organization to pure family control—the family and its functionaries, without an internal rival for brand meaning… — Michael Wolff Family Copy Share Image
As the entertainment industry became more corporate and MBA-driven, Harvey Weinstein remained an unreconstructed specimen of the worst and most compelling character… — Michael Wolff Character Copy Share Image
“It's worse than you can imagine. An idiot (Trump) surrounded by clowns. Trump won't read anything - not one-page memos, not the… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“In politics somebody has to lose, but invariably everybody thinks they can win. And you probably can’t win unless you believe that… — Michael Wolff Donald trump Copy Share Image
In a career of trying to pry secrets, gossip, specificity and truth out of media executives, Ailes has been the most forthcoming,… — Michael Wolff Career Copy Share Image
“alarm signals first went off among his new campaign staff: he seemed to lack the ability to take in third-party information. Or… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump liked to portray his business as an empire, it was actually a discrete holding company and boutique enterprise, catering more to… — Michael Wolff Bottom line Copy Share Image
“Indeed, in his first weeks in the White House, an inattentive Trump was already trying to curtail his schedule of meetings, limit… — Michael Wolff Habits Copy Share Image
“The real question, of course, was how Bannon, the fuck-the-system populist, had ever come to think that he might get along with… — Michael Wolff Trump 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 Elected Copy Share Image
“The organization therefore needed a set of internal rationalizations that would allow it to trust a man who, while he knew little,… — Michael Wolff Trust Man Copy Share Image
