There are many hard-working journalists who have written fantastic, well-researched critiques of Trump and his presidency. I know a lot of it had to be anonymous, but he often expresses the feelings of individuals, even Trump himself, on certain matters without saying how he knows it (not even so much as “an insider told me…”). Wolff writes things it seems he couldn’t possibly know without explaining why he does, in fact, know them (who overheard that thing that Bannon said? How can he say what Trump is thinking in a particular moment?). I can understand why even Trump’s toughest critics have had some doubts about this book. is written in an extremely sensationalist, tabloid style, without anything to back it up. What it contains in new material - such as snatches of conversations, and the true feelings of Trump & Co. I guess maybe I can see the value in putting together an overview of the Trump campaign and presidency, but unfortunately this book is also poorly-written, contains no references, and reads a little bit like, um, fake news. There's very little here that people don't already know about Trump, Bannon, Kushner and Russia. Having read it, though, I have to say I'm surprised that it's causing such a stir at all. I can't let that controversial bandwagon just pass me by. Well, I couldn’t help myself, could I? This book is causing such a stir that I just had to read it. Spoiler: Donald Trump is incompetent and misogynistic. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion. Never before in history has a presidency so divided the American people. What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The Producers What the secret to communicating with Trump is Who is really directing the Trump administration’s strategy in the wake of Bannon’s firing Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn’t be in the same room Why FBI director James Comey was really fired What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama What President Trump’s staff really thinks of him This riveting and explosive account of Trump’s administration provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office, including: Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, the country―and the world―has witnessed a stormy, outrageous, and absolutely mesmerizing presidential term that reflects the volatility and fierceness of the man elected Commander-in-Chief. With extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial presidency of our time in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff