President Donald Trump went on a heated rant on Truth Social Sunday, angrily reacting to a new book by Michael Wolff. In his post, Trump admitted, perhaps without realizing, that some of his advisers might have shared information with Wolff for his upcoming book, All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.
The book, set for release on Tuesday, includes shocking claims. It suggests that First Lady Melania Trump “f—ing hates” her husband and that Trump was terrified he might die on a plane previously owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Wolff is known for his past work on Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he previously interviewed Epstein, who claimed to be one of Trump’s closest friends.
Trump’s Truth Social rant dismissed many of the book’s claims. But in his post, he admitted that a “small number” of people from his team may have spoken to Wolff, undercutting his earlier denials.
Trump wrote: “He called me many times trying to set up a meeting, but I never called him back because I didn’t want to give him the credibility of an interview.” He also said, “Others in the Administration were also called, they reported his calls, and likewise, did not talk to him. I assume, however, he was able to speak to a small number of people, but not meaningfully.”
The Daily Beast reported that Wolff’s book reveals inside details of Trump’s campaign, including that he was on edge after an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania and that he was baffled by Elon Musk’s odd behavior on the campaign trail.
Trump predicted that Wolff’s book would be “discredited,” pointing to the success of Fire and Fury, which sold millions but also faced criticism after former Trump aide Steve Bannon said he regretted his involvement.
Trump raged: “Wolff says he has sources, but he doesn’t have them, it’s a LIE, as is the case with many so-called ‘journalists.’ If he has sources, let them be revealed. Watch, it will never happen.”
Trump also said the people surrounding him during the election couldn’t have been as bad as Wolff described, considering he was still in the White House and “refusing to take his calls.” He called Wolff “FAKE NEWS,” a “total LOSER,” and told people not to waste money on what he called a “boring and obviously fictitious book.”
Before Trump posted on Truth Social, the White House issued a scathing response to Wolff’s book. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung blasted Wolff, calling him a “lying sack of s–t” and accusing him of fabricating stories from his “sick and warped imagination,” claiming Wolff was suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
