President Donald Trump admitted in a Truth Social meltdown Sunday that a number of his advisers may have spilled the beans in a bombshell new book.
The book, All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, written by Michael Wolff and set to come out on Tuesday, includes revelations such as the claim that first lady Melania Trump “f---ing hates” her husband, and that the president was afraid he was about to die in a plane that was previously owned by notorious sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein.
Wolff had previously earned credit for speaking with Epstein at length about Trump in August 2017, with Epstein describing himself as Trump’s “closest friend.”
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Trump’s Truth Social meltdown on Sunday dismissed the bombshell revelations, many of which were first reported by the Daily Beast—but he did admit that a “small number” of his staff may have talked, seemingly undercutting any denials that he and his team have made.
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 added: “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 first reported the contents of Wolff’s latest book, revealing behind-the-scenes details about Trump’s campaign—including that the president was “on the verge of cracking” after an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania and that he was “bewildered” by Elon Musk’s bizarre behavior on the campaign trail.
In his Sunday post, Trump predicted that Wolff’s latest work would be “discredited,” pointing the finger at Wolff’s 2018 bestseller, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. The book sold millions of copies around the world and included Steve Bannon among its sources. Bannon later said he “regrets” being involved.
Trump raged on Sunday: “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 said Wolff “mentions the people that surrounded me during the Election, and in many cases now, in derogatory terms, but they couldn’t have been that bad because here I am in the White House, refusing to take his calls.
“He is FAKE NEWS, a total LOSER, and no one should waste their time or money in buying this boring and obviously fictitious book!”
Before Trump personally weighed in on the book, the White House scorched Wolff in a scathing statement to the Daily Beast.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung blasted Wolff as a “lying sack of s–-t” in response to the book’s contents.
“He routinely fabricates stories originating from his sick and warped imagination, only possible because he has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain,” Cheung said.
