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That's pure crap. The whole books is like that
I can barely get through this book. While there are some surprising admissions, most of what is in the book, we already know or assumed. The rest of the book is a tribute to Bannon and creates more smoke screen for Trump.
At one point Wolff mentions the alleged collusion with Russia. He asserts that if there was collusion, Trump was an unwitting victim of it, not realizing how his praise of Russia was affecting them and their actions. When Wolff writes about the Steele dossier, he addresses two positions. The dossier is either true or false but believed true by a rabid press. He also mentions that the Trump administration was advised not to piss off the Intel community or they’ll have a 2-3 yr Russia investigation with daily leaks. This implies that there's no validity to the Russia investigation. It's just vengeance being taken by an angry Intel community.
Wolff describes the speech Trump made to the CIA shortly after his inauguration. He says, "Witnesses would describe his reception at the CIA as either Beatles-like emotional outpouring or a response so confounded and appalled that, in the seconds after he finished, you could hear a pin drop.” While, the latter description is accurate, Wolff slips in a positive reaction that sounds completely false. I can't believe anyone at the CIA responded to Trump's speech with a 'Beatles-like emotional outpouring'. That's pure crap. The whole books is like that. It's supposed to be a tell-all, but there is this undercurrent of praise and 'alternative facts' about Trump. I've only read about 20% of the book and I don't think I can go any further.
January 2018 · Kindle Store · verified purchase