Considering my spectacular failures in remembering the author's name and
spelling, I felt it necessary to do this over--and properly! Please forgive me
for the previous post.
_Fire and Fury_
by Michael Wolff
Gossip writer Michael Wolff had heard that Donald Trump was markedly susceptible
to praise offered early in a relationship with him, so he used this coin
extravagantly early on, commented on how much he'd love to write a book on what
would undoubtedly be Trump's triumphant first hundred days in office, and found
himself in like Flynn. He was allowed to come and go through the White House
basically as he pleased, and was able to talk with everyone in Trump's immediate
orbit, most of whom were all too willing to dish out the dirt on their erratic
boss and one another.
Trump's administration proved leaky to the press? What can one expect when
almost everyone high in the administration is purposely talking to the media in
hopes of embarrassing rivals and pumping up their own importance? Among those
most likely to be feeding the news outlets were Jared Kushner and Ivanka, as
first son-in-law and daughter, Steve Bannon, and Donald Trump himself. Trump
has always had an impossibly high opinion of his own importance, and was furious
that the mainstream media failed to recognize his brilliance, more easily seeing
and reporting on his mistakes and the results of his poor judgment. So, he
began labeling what they reported as "fake news" while inexplicably courting
outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post, and the New York Times,
attempting desperately to get some word of praise from any of these news
outlets.
If the book reads like backstairs gossip, well, that's exactly what it is.
Bannon especially found himself appreciating Wolff's availability to serve as a
father confessor, and Wolff found himself invited to the various parties and
functions Bannon enjoyed, thus being right there to see the maneuvering and
plots take shape.
It's definitely not a pretty picture of the Trump presidency, but then Trump
himself is not a particularly admirable guy. He'd never imagined he'd win, so
he wasn't anywhere near ready to make his transition into the Oval Office. His
personal intentions were to lose, start his own news channel called Trump TV,
and use it as a means of attacking everyone he felt was not nice to him, and
particularly for making Hillary Clinton's life as miserable as possible.
This book isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it certainly gives one the flavor of
what it's like to be within Trump's White House and why it is that it is as
chaotic and disfunctional as it has proved. Had anyone within Trump's
administration actually read any other book Wolff has written, I'm certain he'd
have never been allowed to set foot inside the White House. But with Trump
himself functionally illiterate and everyone else too self-absorbed to pay
attention, they let the wolf inside the door and cannot bewail too strongly how
they'd apparently been taken in by him.
Available in every medium imaginable. I got the e-book formula and read it on
my NOOK.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise
cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very
wise cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!