“But Ailes was convinced that Trump had no political beliefs or backbone.” — Michael Wolff Political beliefs Copy Share Image
“Expertise was the last refuge of liberals, ever defeated by the big picture.” — Michael Wolff Big picture Copy Share Image
A President of the United States cannot restrain anything from publication. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“the political antichrist, a figure of dark but buffoonish scandal,” — Michael Wolff Antichrist Copy Share Image
“fundamental Bannonism: stop thinking you can somehow get along with your enemies.” — Michael Wolff Enemies Copy Share Image
“it confirmed Bannon’s worst fear: Trump, in his true heart, was a marshmallow.” — Michael Wolff Fear Copy Share Image
“Well,” said the president, “you won’t like the answer, but the answer is me. Me. I talk to myself.” — Michael Wolff President Copy Share Image
Trump is a man who, for better or worse, stands in opposition to the institutions that dominate American political life. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Trump, perhaps not yet appreciating the difference between becoming president and elevating his social standing,” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“National Policy Institute, which is sometimes described as a “white supremacist think tank,” — Michael Wolff Supremacist Copy Share Image
Trump loves the media. Trump understands the power it has and, accordingly, loves the people who have media power. — Michael Wolff Media Copy Share Image
Guns in America have an atavistic force. Possessing them, or the act of not possessing them, is an identity that seems to… — Michael Wolff Amendment Copy Share Image
“the week of July 24 was a head-slammer. First, it opened the next episode in what had become a comic-opera” — Michael Wolff Television Copy Share Image
“The Trump campaign had, perhaps less than inadvertently, replicated the scheme from Mel Brooks’s The Producers.” — Michael Wolff 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 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
“Kushner had his personal press operation and Bannon had his. The leaking culture had become so open and overt—most of the time… — Michael Wolff 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
“Trump was the one variable that, in management terms, simply could not be controlled. He was like a recalcitrant two-year-old. If you… — Michael Wolff Control Copy Share Image
“But not only didn’t he read, he didn’t listen. He preferred to be the person talking. And he trusted his own expertise—no… — Michael Wolff Attention span Copy Share Image
“When he came off the podium after delivering his address, he kept repeating, “Nobody will forget this speech.” George W. Bush, on… — Michael Wolff Communication Copy Share Image
In the litany of issues that separate the two Americas - one more conservative and one more liberal, increasingly as opposed and… — Michael Wolff Conservative Copy Share Image
“Trump’s wounded feelings—his sense of being shunned and unloved on the very day he became president—helped send that message. When he came… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“With his misspellings and his use of 1970s lingo—“wire tapping” called up an image of FBI agents crouched in a van on… — Michael Wolff Point of view Copy Share Image
“For every member of the White House senior staff this would be the lasting conundrum of dealing with President Trump: the “why”… — Michael Wolff Habits Copy Share Image
“From the Bannon side, Pence garnered only contempt. “Pence is like the husband in Ozzie and Harriet, a nonevent,” said one Bannonite.… — Michael Wolff Marriage Copy Share Image
“The point was, there didn’t need to be an answer because he wasn’t going to be president. Trump’s longtime friend Roger Ailes… — Michael Wolff Great future Copy Share Image
“Operatives knew the game, and so did most candidates and officeholders. But Ailes was pretty sure Trump did not.Trump was undisciplined—he had… — Michael Wolff Game plan Copy Share Image
“Walsh, sitting within sight of the Oval Office, was located at something like the ground zero of the information flow between the… — Michael Wolff Ground zero Copy Share Image
“Haley had courted and befriended Ivanka, and Ivanka had brought her into the family circle, where she had become a particular focus… — Michael Wolff Air force Copy Share Image
“The daughter will take down the father,” said Bannon, in a Shakespearian mood.” — Michael Wolff Children Copy Share Image
“it was the Jarvanka idea to try to trade off amnesty for the border wall.” — Michael Wolff Amnesty Copy Share Image
“What a fucking idiot,” said Murdoch, shrugging, as he got off the phone.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“It was, said Walsh, “like trying to figure out what a child wants.” — Michael Wolff Children Copy Share Image
It's not implausible that Donald Trump could have been a successful President. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“To Trump, he was just up against Sally Yates, who was, he steamed, “such a cunt.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“A happy wife is a happy life,” he said, echoing a popular rich-man truism.” — Michael Wolff Happiness Copy Share Image
