NPR

Trump Exposé Has Plenty Of 'Fire And Fury,' Maybe A Little Less Substance

Michael Wolff's incendiary new book about the first year of Donald Trump's presidency has plenty of juicy detail about chaos, infighting and cheeseburgers — but it's best read with a grain of salt.
Source:

This review contains language that some may find offensive.

I'll get all the good stuff out of the way first: President Trump likes to eat cheeseburgers in bed; his hair is the result of scalp reduction surgery and deft, even architectural, styling; he has three TVs in his bedroom; his advisers speculate about whether or not he can read; Steve Bannon called Ivanka "dumb as a brick"; Trump called Sally Yates a "c***"; Hope Hicks and Corey Lewandowski had an affair that ended in a street fight; and Trump's inner circle walks around in a state of "queasy

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from NPR

NPR4 min read
As Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread, More University Leaders Weigh Police Involvement
As college administrators face growing unrest on campuses, a growing number are grappling with whether to bring in law enforcement to quell the demonstrations.
NPR5 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
How Do You Counter Misinformation? Critical Thinking Is Step One
Late last year, in the days before the Slovakian parliamentary elections, two viral audio clips threatened to derail the campaign of a pro-Western, liberal party leader named Michal Šimečka. The first was a clip of Šimečka announcing he wanted to dou
NPR4 min read
'Real Americans' Asks: What Could We Change About Our Lives?
Many philosophical ideas get an airing in Rachel Khong's latest novel, including the existence of free will and the ethics of altering genomes to select for "favorable" inheritable traits.

Related Books & Audiobooks