A new book detailing President Donald Trump's return to power is already drawing condemnation from the administration, particularly given the record of the man who wrote it.
"All or Nothing" was written by Michael Wolff — the same author of the book "Fire and Fury" that topped bestseller lists during Trump's first term in the White House. The New York Times' review of Wolff's latest book about the president pointed out that while some presidential biographers have taken years to chronicle their subjects, Wolff's rapid, frantic pace is also characteristic of the mercurial, chaotic man he's covering.
"The book is undeniably gripping — a veritable harvest of slime, sycophancy and sleaze that tells the story of Trump 2.0, an aggrieved pugilist waging a 'life or death' campaign," wrote the Times' Nicolas Niarchos. "As people — Democrats and establishment Republicans — sought to hold him to account for what they saw as his transgressions (against propriety, against democracy), Trump concocted his own scheme: 'The presidency was the revenge that had to be wreaked on his behalf,' Wolff writes. The proposition to the American electorate, in Wolff’s words, was absolutist: 'Elect me or destroy me.'"
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Aside from Trump, Wolff writes about multiple characters in the book, which follows Trump from the moment he lost the 2020 election and was reeling from the fallout of his failed attempt to undo his defeat to his return to the White House after prevailing in spite of multiple criminal cases and civil judgments. He noted that the Trump campaign team was never sure if advisor Boris Epshteyn was "wearing a wire and cooperating with a special counsel investigation into the Jan. 6 uprising."
Wolff also wrote about Natalie Harp, a young female aide referred to as Trump's "fetch-it girl." Harp was known for carrying a wireless printer and handing Trump hard copies of complimentary news articles and "fan art" to keep his spirits up. The Times noted that Wolff even got his hands on Harp's "saccharine" letters to Trump, in which called the president her "Guardian and Protector in this life."
Chris LaCivita, who was one of the heads of the 2024 Trump campaign, attacked the book on X, calling it "fiction." He and fellow Trump advisor Jason Miller insisted it was "total garbage and should be completely disregarded."
"The scenes are imaginary, the conversations are fake, the dialogue is made-up and once again, just like his other books attacking President Trump, nobody believes any of it," LaCivita and Miller stated. "It's been widely reported that Wolff's previous works have been riddled with inaccuracies and copy-editing mistakes, and this is no different."
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Click here to read the Times' full review (subscription required).