Fire and Fury Began After Trump Saw Wolff Ripping Media on CNN

[Cattledog]

In early February, Michael Wolff appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to criticize the media and its constant state of “apoplexy” in the early days of the Trump administration.

He blasted the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter, whom Wolff called “quite a ridiculous figure.” Wolff added that speaking to people in the White House is more important than bloviating from the outside. “You got to meet these people. You’ve got to talk to these people. You have to see what’s going on,” he said.

President Trump was watching, and soon Wolff got an invite to the White House to do just what he suggested, according to a new Bloomberg report.

Trump personally called Wolff to compliment him after watching the segment and, during their conversation, Wolff pitched a book on the inner workings of the new White House. Trump had him set up a meeting with aides Kellyanne Conway and Hope Hicks, who came away believing that Wolff “would counter the media’s unfair narrative” of a Trump administration in turmoil, Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs reports.

Soon, the writer was everywhere, visiting the White House around 17 times and having unmonitored conversations with top officials and aides. Months later, now that Wolff’s Fire and Fury has been released, his unfettered access seems like a grave mistake. But at the time, the White House played along because they thought Wolff’s book would be different. And how could they not, given what he said was the working title: The Great Transition: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration.

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[forgotmylogin]

1. Well, it appears Wolff is on nobody's side.

Which I guess you gotta respect if he's gonna call it like he sees it and not cater to anyone.

[pnwmom]

8. It appears that Wolff knew exactly how to appeal to the Narcissist in Chief. n/t

[trof]

9. Nailed it.

[lagomorph777]

11. Wolff openly admits he did exactly that.

Katy Tur openly admits to doing the same.

[woodsprite]

2. So Don the Con got conned. n/t

[Cha]

5. Sweet Karma

[lagomorph777]

12. Katy Tur says it's super-easy to con him.

"Mr. President, Poll XYZ says you're up. Would you like to comment on that, and on your latest rant?"

[spanone]

3. trump thought he had an ally....

[HipChick]

7. Lmao....The Con got conned..

[NCjack]

4. Trump sucker

[rzemanfl]

6. I am working on a book too.

The "working title" is rzemanfl: Why You Should Send Him All Your Money.

[MadLinguist]

10. Played like a pinball machine

Ricochet that, POS so-called POTUS!
This fool in the White House can't think his way out of wet paper bag.

And this shyte game the WH and and the GOP are playing with Bannon's testimony is gonna blow up too.
Here is my theory of their strategy.
The GOPs in the Senate investigation served him the subpoena to compel his testimony, unlike anybody else in Trump's crowd, so that everything that comes out can all be painted as coming from Damaged Goods Bannon. They think they can narrow the perspective down to a single perspective: Bannon's, and then trash all subsequent findings as lies belonging to the filth of the outcast, disgruntled former insider. They probably didn't even need to conspire with Trump to get him to issue the foolish gag order. They knew he'd do it. So all they had to do was roll into counter-action by issuing their subpoena.
Mueller's move to get his own testimony, independent of their pearl-clutching cries for justice will, I fervently hope, prevent any information from Bannon's knowledge falling into the Senate investigation's hands. But they will still play their scapegoat game even without any data. Anything new that comes out is all going to be pointing conspiratorially at Bannon's need for revenge, Bannon the liar, etc.