Michael Wolff secured near-unfettered access to the West Wing on the basis of a magazine article in which he called Donald Trump “the most frightening, dangerous presidential candidate” in history. Mr Trump “seemed to have liked — or not disliked” the story Wolff wrote for the Hollywood Reporter, though it was unclear whether he had actually read it. “Great cover!” said Hope Hicks, Mr Trump’s press assistant, in an email to Wolff when the magazine came out with a pop-art image of a belligerent Mr Trump with his Democratic rivals reflected in his mirrored sunglasses. Mr Trump did not appear to understand when Wolff later suggested that he come to the White House to write a fly-on-the-wall book about the administration. When the president seemed…

Source: The Times January 05, 2018 17:14 UTC