Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Hardcover – January 5, 2018

I got the kindle version this morning. I probably ...

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J. Thornton

January 5, 2018

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I got the kindle version this morning. I probably would not have bought this. I will probably see most of this book for free as the media tears into it over the next few weeks. My decision to purchase was based solely on Trump's furious efforts to keep it from coming out. It was well worth 15$ to do my part to keep this at the top of the best-sellers list.

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I am not a phony billionaire. I am a ...

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Victoria Earle

January 5, 2018

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I am not a phony billionaire. I am a genuine hourly worker who can afford $15 to show Trump that he can't order a book out of publication in America. Also, I'm a voter.

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This is what freedom of the press is all about

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February 11, 2018

Format: Hardcover

Dear. Mr. Wolff, please write another, this one much more informative. Pretend it’s fiction, but we will know.

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Detailed reporting, but not much that is interesting or surprising

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Haik Sahakian

May 24, 2018

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Stuff I found interesting:
- Chris Christie had sent Jared Kushner's father to jail, so Trump reluctantly couldn't make him attorney general, or give him another job in the administration.
- Tony Blair told Trump that the British may have had the Trump campaign under surveillance, possibly requested by the Obama administration as they couldn't legally do it themselves. The author thinks Blair was just trying to appear useful.
- In the Rupert Murdoch divorce from Wendi Deng, Wendi got the Trumps. She and Ivanka were BFFs from when the Murdochs lived in Trump Tower. During the divorce, Murdoch said Wendi had an affair with Tony Blair.
- The Trump team met with the Russians, and then denied it when it became a problem. Steve Bannon was shocked that they'd met them directly and not through a chain of lawyers.

The book talks about how the Trump team never thought they'd actually win, and as a result they weren't terribly presidential while campaigning. "Leaking" real and unreal stories to the press is done by everyone, and is a common way that the revolutionary Bannon, the opportunistic Kushner/Ivanka, and the Washington careerists fight with each other.

I liked the author's description of Ivanka as Trump's effective wife and Hope Hicks as his effective daughter.

The book does not analyze the Trump presidency, but it's a good reporting of what happened. To be honest, the book does not say much that will surprise readers currently living in the US, and I often read 30 to 50 pages before coming across something interesting. I wouldn't recommend it for this reason. It's a good record for future readers though.

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February 12, 2018

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This book is not the typical right verses left story. In fact, the left is mentioned only in passing. This is about the chaos and infighting among the people in the West wing with Trump in charge. It describes what John McCain, Mitt Romney, the entire Bush family, and multiple other people were concerned about. Very thought provoking...

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You'll Find Exactly What you Expect

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April 19, 2018

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Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" promises from the beginning to offer a fly-on-the-wall view of the way things work (or don't) inside the Trump Administration. Early in his account, Wolff describes the campaign as resembling Mel Brooks' "The Producers" (pgs. 15-16) and this characterization, coupled with the political infighting of "Game of Thrones", dominates the feel of the book from then on. Steve Bannon emerges as the "protagonist" (if there is one) as much of the story revolves around his work to brand Trump's particular style of politics and turn it into a movement or his work to assert himself as the power-behind-the-power in the White House. The end result is a narrative that leaves one feeling somewhat dirty or complicit for this inside look.
While Wolff's account feels true, and he had libel lawyers read the manuscript to make sure it was safe to publish, I would have liked to see the extensive notes section one expects in a book from a journalist. He only mentions early on that he either witnessed many of these events or was told them by people who are given away in his account. Some kind of documentation would have been preferable, even if it meant a lot of interviews not for attribution listed at the end. Also, for anyone who's been following the news these last few months, most of this information is already out there. Indeed, Wolff regularly quotes from CNN or New York Times headlines. Further, the news coverage of this book was so extensive that most people who read it will find exactly what they expect based on that coverage.
If you are interested in politics or current events, give it a read, but save yourself the money and get it from the library.

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A quick and funny read. Read with lots of chuckles.

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