“There was, curiously, general agreement in the West Wing that Donald Trump, the media president, had one of the most dysfunctional communication… — Michael Wolff Communication 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 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
“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 Copy Share Image
“Trump didn’t read. He didn’t really even skim. If it was print, it might as well not exist. Some believed that for… — Michael Wolff 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
“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
“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 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
“Bannon veered from “Mad Dog” Mattis—the retired four-star general whom Trump had nominated as secretary of defense—to a long riff on torture,… — Michael Wolff National security 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
“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 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
“Bannon, Conway, and Hicks—along with an assortment of more or less peculiar ideologues that had attached themselves to Trump and, of course,… — Michael Wolff Family 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 Copy Share Image
“Trump, the unserious candidate, had, however incomprehensibly, become a more or less serious one. And somehow, because of his prior unseriousness, and… — Michael Wolff Beauty Copy Share Image
“Later that evening, a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, part of an always awkward effort to import pop culture to Washington, ended… — Michael Wolff Lincoln memorial Copy Share Image
Donald Trump doesn't necessarily stay mad for very long. He's a transactional guy. If you can offer him something, he will take… — Michael Wolff 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 Rich people Copy Share Image
“Although the Republicans in the 2018 congressional races were looking, according to Bannon’s numbers, at a 15-point deficit, it was Bannon’s belief… — Michael Wolff Republicans Copy Share Image
The rise of Donald Trump established a new ground zero for liberal media, requiring no pretence of balance - better yet, with… — Michael Wolff Balance 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
“His strategic belief was that there was no reason not to heap excessive puffery on a prospect. But if the prospect was… — Michael Wolff Faith Copy Share Image
“the central issue of the Trump presidency, informing every aspect of Trumpian policy and leadership: he didn’t process information in any conventional… — Michael Wolff Leadership Copy Share Image
“Salesmen, whose primary characteristic and main asset is their ability to keep selling, constantly recast the world in positive terms. Discouragement for… — Michael Wolff Customer 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 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 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 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 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
One of the secrets of Fox News' outsized success - it's the most profitable news organisation in the U.S. and, quite likely,… — Michael Wolff Fox 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
“On March 27, the Office of American Innovation was created and Kushner was put in charge. Its stated mission was to reduce… — Michael Wolff 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 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 China Copy Share Image
