The interview is an exercise in Trumpian score-settling.
The club’s “throne room”, in the author’s words, is filled with “blond mothers and blond daughters, infinitely buxom”. It is held in the lobby at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida resort to which Trump retreated. Wolff is open to criticism when he argues that the path between the 6 January insurrection and Trump is less than linear Even Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s ultra-loyal chief of staff, has resigned rather than bear witness to the president’s implosion in the aftermath of the deadly assault on the US Capitol. Kayleigh McEnany, Trump’s fourth and final press secretary, is awol. As with hurricanes and plagues, the rich know when to head for high ground. Two cabinet secretaries of independent wealth, Betsy DeVos and Elaine Chao, say adió s. Hope Hicks, a favorite Trump adviser, has gone. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is elsewhere, hammering out the “Abraham Accords”, seeking to leave his mark on the world with some sort of step towards Middle East peace. “I didn’t come here to kiss your fucking ring,” she tells the former New York mayor. Wolff describes Trump’s wrath-filled final days in power.Īides and family members have stepped away, leaving the president to simmer, rage and plot with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and other conspiracy theorists, all eager to stoke the big lie about a stolen election. Now, Trump talks to Wolff on the record about what was and might yet be, while the author takes a long and nuanced view of the post-election debacle.
Three years ago, Trump derided Fire and Fury as fake news and threatened Wolff with a lawsuit.
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