“Then there was Bannon, conducting something of an alternate-universe operation,” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Bob and Rebekah Mercer, who had set themselves up as almost professional fools.” — Michael Wolff Fools Copy Share Image
“this was the fundamental hypothesis of the senior staff, shared by Walsh and everyone else: Trump must know what he was doing,… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The president’s worst impulses seem to run through Conway without benefit of a filter.” — Michael Wolff Impulses Copy Share Image
“It was a process of suggesting, in throw-it-against-the-wall style, what the president might want, and hoping he might then think that he… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Bannon had promised to come to this small dinner arranged by mutual friends in a Greenwich Village town house to see Roger… — Michael Wolff Food Copy Share Image
“Trump usually avoided: he had no interest in personnel problems, since they put the emphasis on other people.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Dopey Don Jr. (Fredo, as Steve Bannon would dub him, in one of his frequent Godfather borrowings) was simply trying to prove… — Michael Wolff Godfather Copy Share Image
“If the new right had elected Trump, it was the older Fortune 100 executives who most pleased him” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“What is this ‘white trash’?” asked the model. “They’re people just like me,” said Trump, “only they’re poor.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“It was the chaos of just doing things that actually got things done. Except, even if you assumed that not knowing how… — Michael Wolff Chaos Copy Share Image
“Kushner, in fact, now believed Bannon would do anything to destroy them. This was personal. After months of defending Bannon against liberal… — Michael Wolff 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
“The charge that Trump colluded with the Russians to win the election, which he scoffed at, was, in the estimation of some… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Before even getting to David Cameron's father here's a starting-point question about the Panama Papers: how is the desire to break the… — Michael Wolff Anonymity Copy Share Image
Long-running scandal fuels targeted political media. It's the stuff of obsession, which is the basis of a passionate core audience. More obsession… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“While nobody would ever say Trump was sensitive when it came to women, he had many views about how to get along… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Early in the campaign, in a Producers-worthy scene, Sam Nunberg was sent to explain the Constitution to the candidate: “I got as… — Michael Wolff Constitution Copy Share Image
“Bannon’s entire political career, such as it was, had been in political media. It was also in Internet media—that is, media ruled… — Michael Wolff Art form Copy Share Image
“During that first month, Walsh’s disbelief and even fear about what was happening in the White House moved her to think about… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“It would be hard to imagine someone who expected a greater awareness of and more catering to his peculiar whims, rhythms, prejudices,… — Michael Wolff Desire Copy Share Image
“The president couldn’t stop talking. He was plaintive and self-pitying, and it was obvious to everyone that if he had a north… — Michael Wolff North star Copy Share Image
“elevated, liberal media would necessarily take down. Trump, goaded by Bannon, would continue to do the things that would delight conservative media… — Michael Wolff Liberal media Copy Share Image
“In Trump’s 2011 CPAC address he specifically calls for a relaxation of immigration restrictions for Europeans . . . that we should… — Michael Wolff Conservative Copy Share Image
“Trump, in a smart move, picked up his media reputation and relocated it from a hypercritical New York to a more value-free… — Michael Wolff Presidential campaign 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
“Few people who knew Trump had illusions about him. That was almost his appeal: he was what he was. Twinkle in his… — Michael Wolff Illusions Copy Share Image
“Much of the president’s daily conversation was a repetitive rundown of what various anchors and hosts had said about him.” — Michael Wolff Communication Copy Share Image
“It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can… — Michael Wolff Kiss Copy Share Image
“Almost all the professionals who were now set to join him were coming face to face with the fact that it appeared… — Michael Wolff Face to face Copy Share Image
“After months of defending Bannon against liberal media innuendo, Kushner had concluded that Bannon was an anti-Semite. That was the bottom-line issue.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“If Ryan could be counted on to handle Congress, thought the president, well, phew, that takes care of that.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Many of the accounts of what has happened in the Trump White House are in conflict with one another; many, in Trumpian… — Michael Wolff Conflict Copy Share Image
Fame, in Trumpian fashion, is war. You are expected to defend your fame; many people want to take it from you. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“To Walsh, the proud political pro, the chaos, the rivalries, and the president’s own lack of focus and lack of concern were… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
When 'Fire and Fury' came out, I thought Steve Bannon would certainly never speak to me again, and the truth is, he… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I mean, can Donald Trump get elected again in 2020 without Steve Bannon? I would say no. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
All politicians, no matter how gifted, ultimately depend on circumstances for their success. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The fact that Trump had become the ultimate avatar of Fox’s angry common man was another sign that we were living in… — Michael Wolff Common man Copy Share Image
