“Trump did not enjoy his own inauguration. He was angry that A-level stars had snubbed the event, disgruntled with the accommodations at Blair House, and visibly fighting with his wife, who seemed on the verge of tears. Throughout the day, he wore what some around him had taken to calling his golf fa…”— Michael Wolff, nymag.comTagged: Donald Trump, Trump Inauguration, Melania Trump, Anger
“From the moment of victory, the Trump administration became a looking-glass presidency: Every inverse assumption about how to assemble and run a White House was enacted and compounded, many times over. The decisions that Trump and his top advisers made in those first few months — from the slapdash t…”— Michael Wolff, nymag.comTagged: Mel Brooks, The Producers, victory, Donald Trump, Trump Administration
“He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s—nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely premade.”— Michael Wolff, nymag.comTagged: Donald Trump, McDonald's, Food Tampering, Paranoia
“Losing would work out for everybody. Losing was winning.”— Michael Wolff, nymag.comTagged: Losing, Winning, Donald Trump
“Not only would Trump not be president, almost everyone in the campaign agreed, he should probably not be. Conveniently, the former conviction meant nobody had to deal with the latter issue.”— Michael Wolff, nymag.comTagged: Donald Trump, Trump Administration
“Most presidential candidates spend their entire careers, if not their lives from adolescence, preparing for the role. They rise up the ladder of elected offices, perfect a public face, and prepare themselves to win and to govern. The Trump calculation, quite a conscious one, was different. The candi…”— Michael Wolff, nymag.comTagged: Donald Trump, Career, Trump Administration, Adolescence