Distraction Quote by Heather Cox Richardson

“Here was, arguably, the central issue of the Trump presidency, informing every aspect of Trumpian policy and leadership: he didn’t process information in any…

— Michael Wolff

Trump is a really complicated story and a difficult candidate to write about.

— David Fahrenthold

Even though [Donald] Trump is reported to not read very much and to have a limited range of experience, he is often certain that…

— David Krieger

I think Trump has made it really hard for people to read, period. He's made it hard for me anyway. Part of his evil…

— Jonathan Raymond

Among the reasons Donald Trump is president is that he read the nation and the world better than his rivals.

— Pat Buchanan

So much about Trump is... mysterious and slippery. Everything in his business record, you had to ask him for the details. He made himself…

— David Fahrenthold

Donald Trump was sharp; he was very perceptive. He was engaging. He had this expansive vocabulary, and he very seldom took breaks.

— Omarosa Manigault Newman

[Donald Trump ] would make history in so many ways because he is a candidate who eschewed the traditional arts of political campaigns, including…

— Mara Liasson

Historians who stuff in every item of research they have found, every shoelace and telephone call of a biographical subject, are not doing the…

— Barbara Tuchman

Donald Trump moves in two parallel tracks at the same time. There's the controversial political guy that's always out there with his tweets. He…

— Christopher Ruddy

“Trump didn’t read. He didn’t really even skim. If it was print, it might as well not exist. Some believed that for all practical…

— Michael Wolff

Though much about Donald Trump is chaotic and unpredictable, his overall agenda as a businessman and politician is clear and consistent: He wants to…

— Tom Steyer