“McConnell and the president were barely on speaking terms. From his August “working holiday” in Bedminster, the president’s staff had tried to… — Michael Wolff Meeting Mcconnell Copy Share Image
If you are identified with certain opinions and an ability to express them, and if you can build yourself an audience, a… — Michael Wolff Books Copy Share Image
“But when he was the federal prosecutor in New Jersey, Christie had sent Jared’s father, Charles Kushner, to jail in 2005. Charlie… — Michael Wolff Income tax Copy Share Image
Brexit and Trump had upended the fundamental establishment viewpoint that politics was aspirational, that good politics promised progress, generational betterment and ever-expanding… — Michael Wolff Brexit Copy Share Image
“But if Halberstam defined the presidential mien, Trump defied it—and defiled it. Not a single attribute would place him credibly in the… — Michael Wolff American president Copy Share Image
“Cohn’s derisive contempt for Kushner as well as the president was even greater. In return, the president heaped more abuse on Cohn—the… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“Trump often spoke of himself in the third person. Trump did this. The Trumpster did that. So powerful was this persona, or… — Michael Wolff Third person Copy Share Image
As a journalist - or as a writer - my obligation is to come as close to the truth as I possibly… — Michael Wolff Come Copy Share Image
“How’s the kid?” asked Ailes, referring to Trump’s son-in-law and paramount political adviser, thirty-six-year-old Jared Kushner. “He’s my partner,” said Bannon, his… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“He had somehow won the race for president, but his brain seemed incapable of performing what would be essential tasks in his… — Michael Wolff Cause and effect Copy Share Image
“It’s worse than you can imagine. An idiot surrounded by clowns. Trump won’t read anything—not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers;… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“He would come out of this campaign, Trump assured Ailes, with a far more powerful brand and untold opportunities. “This is bigger… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“It was insidious. It was, to them, although they didn’t put it this way, similar to the kind of dark Clinton-like conspiracies… — Michael Wolff Politics Blood Copy Share Image
“Trump did not enjoy his own inauguration. He had hoped for a big blowout. Tom Barrack, the would-be showman—in addition to Michael… — Michael Wolff Chief of staff Copy Share Image
“virtually the entire senior staff and cabinet of the Trump presidency, past and present, had traveled through the stages of adventure, challenge,… — Michael Wolff Adventure Copy Share Image
“It was an operatic unraveling. So mortifying was this development that when Reince Priebus, the RNC head, was called to New York… — Michael Wolff Front door Copy Share Image
“on the most basic level, Trump just did not, as Spicer later put it, give a fuck. You could tell him whatever… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“most of the leaks, certainly the juiciest ones, were coming from the higher-ups—not to mention from the person occupying the topmost echelon.… — Michael Wolff Leaks Copy Share Image
In business terms, if you take over a company and oust its CEO or fire a divisional chief, you run the place.… — Michael Wolff Business Copy Share Image
“After the bill had been pulled that Friday, Katie Walsh, feeling both angry and disgusted, told Kushner she wanted out. Outlining what… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“military figures like James Mattis, H. R. McMaster, and John Kelly: they found themselves working in an administration that was in every… — Michael Wolff Management Copy Share Image
“The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your e-book. Please use the… — Michael Wolff Index Listed 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 Illegitimate Copy Share Image
“Hence, she and everyone else was translating a set of desires and urges into a program, a process that required a lot… — Michael Wolff Desire Copy Share Image
“(Many of Trump’s positions in the campaign were taken from the Breitbart articles he had printed out for him.) Indeed, Bannon began… — Michael Wolff Trump Copy Share Image
“Among Trump’s first moves as president was to have a series of inspirational photographs in the West Wing replaced with images of… — Michael Wolff Inaugural Copy Share Image
“He had no ability to plan and organize and pay attention and switch focus; he had never been able to tailor his… — Michael Wolff Ability Copy Share Image
“The unspoken agreement among them: not only would Donald Trump not be president, he should probably not be. Conveniently, the former conviction… — Michael Wolff Donald trump Copy Share Image
“Just doing things became a Bannon principle, the sweeping antidote to bureaucratic and establishment ennui and resistance. It was the chaos of… — Michael Wolff Doing things Copy Share Image
“Here was a perfect example of an essential Trump paradigm: he acceded to anyone who seemed to know more about any issue… — Michael Wolff Health care Copy Share Image
“Bannon was curiously able to embrace Trump while at the same time suggesting he did not take him entirely seriously. He had… — Michael Wolff First met Copy Share Image
“An important aspect of Kaplan’s New York Observer and its self-conscious inside media baseball was that the paper became the prime school… — Michael Wolff Face value Copy Share Image
“At points on the day’s spectrum of adverse political developments, he could have moments of, almost everyone would admit, irrationality. When that… — Michael Wolff Hicks Copy Share Image
“Hicks, sponsored by Ivanka and ever loyal to her, was in fact thought of as Trump’s real daughter, while Ivanka was thought… — Michael Wolff Marriage Copy Share Image
“Bannon and Kushner were therefore more than a little irritated to discover that the unimposing Priebus had an agenda of his own:… — Michael Wolff Capitol hill Copy Share Image
“The face-off quickly escalated into an existential confrontation between the two sides of the White House—two sides on a total war footing.… — Michael Wolff Total war Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t serving up these insults for effect—well, not entirely. And his behavior wasn’t carefully calculated; it was tit for tat, and… — Michael Wolff Good luck Copy Share Image
“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
