Tag: Books

"This book is really not worth the paper that it's going to be printed on," deputy White House press secretary Raj Shah said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

White House: Wolff book may be used as ‘door openers’ in West Wing

Gabby Morrongiello · January 5, 2018 6:03 pm

Michael Wolff quotes a "triumphal" Steve Bannon as boasting, "McMaster wants to send more troops to Afghanistan, so we're going to send him." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Steve Bannon planned to banish H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan, new book says

Jamie McIntyre · January 5, 2018 5:41 pm

According to a copy of President Trump's New York driver's license, he is 6-foot-2, but in a September 2016 letter, Trump's longtime physician wrote that Trump's height was 6-foot-3 and that he weighed 236 pounds. The latter combination makes his body mass index 4 pounds short of "obese." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lied about his height to dodge ‘obese’ category: Book

Kimberly Leonard · January 5, 2018 5:09 pm

According to the new book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," the president questioned why his Supreme Court nomination "wasn't going to a friend and loyalist." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump wanted to nominate Rudy Giuliani to the Supreme Court: Book

Melissa Quinn · January 5, 2018 4:49 pm

President Trump had not been impressed by H.R. McMaster's try-out as White House national security adviser. "That guy bores the shit out of me," Trump allegedly said after McMaster left the room.

National Security

Trump said H.R. McMaster looked ‘like a beer salesman’ and was boring, new book claims

Travis J. Tritten · January 5, 2018 4:18 pm

"The Mercer Family recently dumped the leaker known as Sloppy Steve Bannon. Smart!" Trump tweeted Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump praises Mercers for cutting ties with ‘sloppy’ Steve Bannon

Melissa Quinn · January 5, 2018 3:52 pm

President Trump's unexpected set of tweets in June regarding MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough (pictured above, right) and Mika Brzezinski consumed nearly a full week of news. At that time, Trump had called Scarborough "psycho" and claimed that he had seen Brzezinski "bleeding badly from a face-lift." (AP Photos)

Joe Scarborough: I asked Trump if he knows how to read

Eddie Scarry · January 5, 2018 3:30 pm

President Trump called allegations of collusion between his campaign and Russia "a total hoax," and claimed the "only collusion" is between Hillary Clinton and "FBI/Russia." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Trump says the only collusion that happened was between Hillary Clinton, the FBI and Russia

Kelly Cohen · January 5, 2018 2:57 pm

A new tell-all book about the Trump White House says that President Trump wasn't interested in the details of the legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. Trump reportedly asked his aides aloud, "Why can't Medicare simply cover everybody?" (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Michael Wolff: Trump had little interest in repealing Obamacare, floated ‘Medicare for All’

Kimberly Leonard · January 5, 2018 2:50 pm

The author of a new tell-all book about the Trump White House said, "I spoke to [President Trump" after the inauguration, yes. And I had spoken to Ã¢â¬" I've spent three hours with the president over the course of the campaign and at the White House so my window into Donald Trump is pretty significant." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Michael Wolff rejects Trump claim: ‘I absolutely spoke to the president’

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2018 1:37 pm

In an excerpt of "Fire and Fury" released on Wednesday, author Michael Wolff assigned to President Trump's campaign the unlikely quality of being ultimately unconcerned with securing victory. But if that's true, it becomes more difficult to see why Trump would have colluded with Russia to win the presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

If Trump wanted to lose the election, why would he have colluded with Russia?

Emily Jashinsky · January 5, 2018 1:17 pm

According to the author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, realized that President Trump could not carry out his job as president. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michael Wolff: Steve Bannon realized Trump couldn’t carry out job as president

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2018 1:11 pm