Book · 2018 · Political Science
Fire and Fury
Inside the Trump White House
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I did find with Fire and Fury that it was actually worth it to read the book itself.
What they say about it
- Discusses publication and sales“continuing to sell like crazy”2
- Examines White House reaction“called it trashy tabloid fiction”2
The best things said about it
He wrote a scathing biography about Donald Trump in 2018 called Fire and Fury.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Nov 2025 When Fire and Fury, the book came out six years before this October surprise, the White House called it trashy tabloid fiction, saying it was filled with false and misleading accounts.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Nov 2025 Because in Fire and Fury Michael Wolff suggests strongly that he didn't ever expect necessarily even want to become president.
So there's been some interesting updates on Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury which is continuing to sell like crazy.
I don't know but you know I think that that probably I imagine I'm curious to hear what you think that this is you know after fire and fury which sort of came out of seemingly out of nowhere and scandalized everyone there are efforts to you know number one sort of match the sales and interest of that book.
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Why people recommend it
Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury is an explosive investigative look inside the Donald Trump White House that generated massive controversy and public debate upon its release. Megyn Kelly discussed the book extensively on The Megyn Kelly Show, noting that Wolff parlayed his explosive profile of the former president into a career as a Trump whisperer, while referencing the book's depiction of Trump's initial presidential ambitions and stories sourced to figures like Jeffrey Epstein. Ben Bowlin mentioned the book on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know as part of Wolff's wider bibliography covering the Trump administration and media dynasties. Ross Douthat referenced the text on Interesting Times when discussing the fallout and exile of figures like Steve Bannon from Trump World. On The Book Review, Pamela Paul and Alexandra Alter examined the book's historical reception, noting the unprecedented public feud between a sitting president and a publishing house, as well as Wolff's strong suggestions regarding Trump's initial reluctance to actually win the presidency. Throughout these podcast discussions, speakers highlighted the book's sensationalized accounts, its role in shaping political journalism, and the intense public fascination surrounding its publication.
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Megyn Kelly Like he's tried to parlay that plus his profile of Trump in Fire and Fury into a whole career as a Trump wh… 4
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“Like he's tried to parlay that plus his profile of Trump in Fire and Fury into a whole career as a Trump whisperer.”
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“Uh he wrote a scathing biography about Donald Trump in 2018 called Fire and Fury.”
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“This is a story Wol had already told in his 2018 book, Fire and Fury, and which the beast, effectively verified, was sourced to Jeffrey Epstein.”
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“When Fire and Fury, the book came out six years before this October surprise, the White House called it trashy tabloid fiction, saying it was filled with false and misleading accounts.”
Alexandra Alter uh it's Michael Wolf's fire and fury and it's not often that you have the president of the United States en… 3
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“uh it's Michael Wolf's fire and fury and it's not often that you have the president of the United States engaging in a very public feuded with a publishing house and author”
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“most memorably it was Henry Holt when they published fire and fury by Michael wolf”
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“I don't know but you know I think that that probably I imagine I'm curious to hear what you think that this is you know after fire and fury which sort of came out of seemingly out of nowhere and scandalized everyone there are efforts to you know number one sort of match the sales and interest of that book”
Pamela Paul because in fire and fury michael wolf suggests strongly that he didn't ever expect necessarily even want to… 3
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“because in fire and fury michael wolf suggests strongly that he didn't ever expect necessarily even want to become president”
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“it's sort of in in the subject and the title fire and fury by Michael wolf and this was a book that I thought that I could just read around”
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“I did find with fire and fury that it was actually worth it to read the book itself”
Ben Bowlin He's written books like The Man Who Owns the News, a biography, Robert Murdoch, yeah, a biography of Rupert… 1
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“He's written books like The Man Who Owns the News, a biography, Robert Murdoch, yeah, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, The Fall, The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, Fire and Fury, Inside the Trump White House, and All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.”
Michael Malice there's some Twitter account and they made this fake screenshot from Michael Wolf's book fire in fury about… 1
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“there's some Twitter account and they made this fake screenshot from Michael Wolf's book fire in fury about how Trump watches TV all the time and the staff at the White House made something called the guerrilla Channel”
Ross Douthat exiled from Trump World after Michael Wolf's book fire and fury came out 1
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“exiled from Trump World after Michael Wolf's book fire and fury came out”
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“so there's been some interesting updates on Michael Wolf's book fire and fury which is continuing to sell like crazy”
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“Like in a 2017 interview with Michael Wolf, Jeffrey Epste claimed that at one point he was Trump's closest friend.”
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“Uh, and he got these recordings a few years back when he was interviewing Epstein about the subject of a book he wrote called Fire and Fury.”
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“I suppose after fire and fury by also interesting that there was this controversy”
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“so fire and fury of course is still at number one for the third week in a row”
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“and of course you know getting attacked repeatedly by the president on Twitter which as Michael wolf demonstrated with fire and fury is a recipe for massive Book Sales”
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“and the biggest sellers are books like Bob Woodward's fear and Michael Wolf's fire and fury”
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“and it's interesting to see another book about the Trump Administration coming on the heels of omarosa's book and of Michael Wolf's book fire and fury that paints this portrait of an Administration in chaos”
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“and before that you had fire and fury and Publishers were just racing to sign up”
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“and of course he had a huge hit two huge hits fire and fury was his first book and that was a massive besteller”
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“one by Michael wolf whose book fire and fury set off the mega sales of trump books”