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100% of those around Trump consider him 'moron, idiot': Author
2018-01-06
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[PRESSTV] The author of a very critical book about Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
's first year in office has said that "one hundred percent" of those around the US president consider him "moron, idiot."

Michael Wolff, whose book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" went on sale on Friday, said in an interview he spent three hours with Trump during the presidential campaign and in the White House.

The author contradicted Trump's assertion that he had never talked to the writer for the book and had authorized "Zero access" to the White House.

Wolff told NBC News on Friday that for the book he conducted interviews with those in close contact with Trump and his entire circle questioned his fitness for office. The book depicts a president who was ill-prepared to win the office in 2016, and Trump aides who ridiculed his abilities.

"They all say he is like a child. And what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification. It's all about him," he said.

"Let me put a marker in the sand here. One hundred percent of the people around him" question Trump's fitness for office, Wolff added.

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The author of the explosive new Trump book says he can't be sure if parts of it are true

[BusinessInsider] The author of the explosive new book about Donald Trump's presidency acknowledged in an author's note that he wasn't certain all of its content was true.

Michael Wolff, the author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," included a note at the start that casts significant doubt on the reliability of the specifics contained in the rest of its pages.

Several of his sources, he says, were definitely lying to him, while some offered accounts that flatly contradicted those of others.

In other cases, the media columnist said, he did use his journalistic judgment and research to arrive at what he describes "a version of events I believe to be true."
But some were nonetheless included in the vivid account of the West Wing's workings, in a process Wolff describes as "allowing the reader to judge" whether the sources' claims are true.

In other cases, the media columnist said, he did use his journalistic judgment and research to arrive at what he describes "a version of events I believe to be true."

Other people mentioned in the book have also disputed claims made about them.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who the book said warned Trump that he may be under surveillance from British spies, issued a statement describing the claim as "categorically absurd" and "simply untrue."

Anna Wintour, the longtime Vogue editor, also dismissed the claim that she lobbied Trump to be his ambassador to the UK as "laughably preposterous."

Other journalists have also urged caution. Some cited Wolff's track record ‐ questions were raised about his 2008 book on Rupert Murdoch ‐ and others compared his claims with their own knowledge of the Trump White House.
Posted by:Fred

#17  #POYUSVSG
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-01-06 14:44  

#16  As the blogger Patterico (who I won't read much anymore - he's got full blown Trump Derangement Syndrome) coined it - 'Clown nose on, clown nose off'.
Posted by: Raj   2018-01-06 13:41  

#15  Michael Wolff, the author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," included a note at the start that casts significant doubt on the reliability of the specifics contained in the rest of its pages.
The defense used by the ever-contemptible Colbert: "You can't sue me as a serious newscaster! I am a Comedian!!"
Posted by: magpie   2018-01-06 12:15  

#14  Right this minute:
Trump - Ok, they're all wound up on this book now. What do we do?
Advisors - Anything you want boss. Anything. The media will catch up to an extent in March...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-01-06 11:48  

#13  The world media were rubbing Obama's balls with buttermilk for a decade, proclaiming him as a Sooper Genius - how'd that work out for us?
Posted by: Raj   2018-01-06 11:33  

#12  Not "110%?"

I'm disappointed.

Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-01-06 11:24  

#11   A totally unprepared dolt is doing far better as President his first year than the last two four Presidents,


FIFY
Posted by: AlanC   2018-01-06 11:05  

#10  Michael Wolff, the author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," included a note at the start that casts significant doubt on the reliability of the specifics contained in the rest of its pages.

Funny, CBS News last night went on and on and on about this book as if it was the Gospel but they never mentioned Wolff's little note.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-01-06 11:04  

#9  " I would rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the 2000 members of the faculty of Harvard University." William F. Buckley.

According to this book apparently we are close to something like that. A totally unprepared dolt is doing far better as President his first year than the last two Presidents, and that's with massive difficulties caused by a mutinous bureaucracy.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-01-06 10:46  

#8  Give an audience what they want and take the money to the bank.

I wonder what's Trump share?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-01-06 08:12  

#7  Well if they howl at the sky, wear p***y hats, rant 24 hours a day on numerous cable channels, there's money to be made in exploiting their insanity. Give an audience what they want and take the money to the bank.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-01-06 07:49  

#6  Typical leftist dribble. Effective politicians with conservative approach are either crazy or stupid; and those with smarts are evil.

Note: I do not think this author knows what 100% means.
Posted by: Airandee   2018-01-06 07:24  

#5  World needs more idiots like this.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-01-06 06:36  

#4  “The campaign, on its face, was not designed to win anything.”
― Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

Then we must be left with a 'design' of the rubes voting for anyone but the Hildebeest? Seems a reasonable and obviously obtainable strategy, one which Wolff appears to default to.

We're a quarter of the way through the first Trump term, and frankly I'm happy with the rube design thus far.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-01-06 05:52  

#3  In other cases, the media columnist said, he did use his journalistic judgment and research to arrive at what he describes "a version of events I believe to be true."


In other words, the book is fiction that describes imaginary events. a.k.a. fake biography.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056   2018-01-06 03:15  

#2  More like, "Fusion GPS Dossier, Take Two"
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2018-01-06 01:51  

#1  Fake but accurate -- The Sequel?
Posted by: magpie   2018-01-06 00:17  

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