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gammyjill
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another book...
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019
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Author Michael Wolff's newest book in his Donald Trump series, is called "Siege: Trump Under Fire". It is basically the story of President Trump's second year in office, beginning February 1, 2017. Wolff's first book, "Fire and Fury" was the accounting of Trump's campaign and first year in office. And as with the first book, if you're a Donald Trump fan, you won't like the second.

A book review on Amazon is supposed to focus less on the material than on the writing style and impact the book can make on those who read it. I received an early copy of the book, and it really is quite interesting. As a work of non-fiction, I can only hope that Michael Wolff is right in both his facts and his interpretation of those facts. He's already been called out on some basic facts about the Mueller Report; his critics say Wolff "couldn't have possibly known that". Certainly the Mueller Report is covered as much as possible in Wolff's book. But what about the others mentioned in the book? For instance, while Michael Wolff tries to name names and square the circles, he never really states what Hope Hicks did for Trump. Hints are put out, but they're really too thin to discern the truth from.

Among the others who riding around in Trump's orbit are Putin, Paul Manafort (and his growing legal woes), Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain, who, even in death managed to bedevil Donald Trump. A few members from the cast of "Trump: The First Year" are back in "Siege", including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, Michael Flynn, and Rex Tillerson, among them. But Year Two and Book Two are as interesting as Year One and Book One.

Fans of President Trump are going to accuse Michael Wolff (and me) of writing "fake news", but I really think Michael Wolff has a pretty good read on the second year of the Trump Administration.
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Gryphon50
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019
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I’ve read all the major biographies on Trump but this still manages to uncover some interesting quirks and eccentricities. It’s well worth reading. Everything in it gels pretty well with what I’ve read before so I believe it’s accurate.
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prisrob
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Trump Saga
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019
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Michael Wolff is one of those authors who may be truthful or furtive and sneaky depending upon whom you listen to. His books sell like hot cakes because we want to know the gossip, the inside secrets. Like his first book,Fire and Fury about the Trump’s first year, we believe or not. Siege continues from the second year, January 2018. However, the author has not visited the White House, he has not spoken to anyone in the White House, and like the first book, Steve Bannon is his greatest source.

Even before this book was released, the author declared that Mueller had drafted an indictment on obstruction charges for the president. However, Mueller has refuted this claim. Some of this sounds plausible and Wolff says it is his language that may have been off putting. He does share that the trump marriage is a sham. Melania spends most of her time in a home she bought in Maryland where her parents and son live. Melania is very close to their son, Barron, trump not so much.

The list of claims, Pence is an idiot, Kavanaugh almost had his nomination rescinded because he is a Catholic, trump makes anti semetic and racist remarks frequently, that people who spend a lot of time with him call him vile and vicious. We all know that trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, and probably many others. This book is full of information about Michael Cohen, Robert Mueller, Michael Flynn, Hannity, Putin, Kavanaugh, Kushner, Khashoggi, McCain and Woodward. Some of the most interesting is the issue of Melania, her hospitalization, and their non-marriage.

We have suspected that trump is a madman, and he makes decisions about the country on a whim, no rhyme nor reason. Believe what you will. This is a book more about Trump’s emotional state rather than political. But, we have no doubt that this is the kind of gossip we like to share. The inside scoop, difficult to tell, but as Trump’s marriage may be a fraud, so it seems may be his presidency.

Recommended. prisrob 06-04-19
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Elisa 20Top Contributor: Health & Wellness
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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but there's not enough sourcing
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2019
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Michael Wolff can build a scene, choose a quote and tell a story. He has help here from Steve Bannon who was part of the previous book as well. Now Bannon's out of the White House, but he's still good with a snarky phrase and Wolff, like many better journalists, can't resist a Bannon quote. It always spices up the text.

The good thing about Bannon is that he's unafraid to be identified. That isn't true for everyone and it creates a problem for the book. There's a lot of "friends say...", and "Many people around Trump believed that..." which, along with the complete lack of any footnoting creates a real problem. What's true here? What isn't? The Mueller team has already denied what Wolff wrote about them writing up an indictment of the president. One of the "friends say" stories is pretty significant.

It's about Kellyanne Conway, whose job is defending Trump to the press, and her husband George, a lawyer who has become one of his most vocal critics. Wolff explains their marriage by saying "friends say that" they actually both feel the same way about Trump--they both loathe him. While that may be true, including that friends may know and say it, it doesn't seem like a high enough standard to assert it via anonymous sources. I mean, why couldn't someone else write a book and say, "Friends say the Conways did this as a way for Kellyanne to demonstrate her loyalty to the boss. 'I'll even take on my husband on your behalf!" (This quote didn't happen but it's concerning how easily the "no sources/no footnotes" style of writing could open the door for writing anything you like as if its true. Especially in an age of so-called "fake news" , it's a real concern.
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Ian Haworth
3.0 out of 5 stars At times insightful.Overall, too much conjecture
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2020
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Michael Wolff writes a sequel to "Fire and Fury" a book that detailed the chaotic first year or so of the Trump presidency. During his first book, Wolff was an observer within the West Wing of the White House. He was subsequently banished, and this book relies heavily for quotes and analysis from another exile, Steve Bannon. It suffers from that lack of proximity, although it faithfully covers the main events and Trump's behaviour and reaction to them. There's little however, that couldn't be picked up by regular readership of The Washington Post or New York Times during the period, or watching CNN. It's readable, though like the first book there's no indication of Wolff's sources.
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Jason White
2.0 out of 5 stars "Trump Under Fire - as told by Steve Bannon from his hotel room watching Trump on TV"
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2019
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Too much Steve Bannon, full of his monologues and crazy theories. "Trump Under Fire - as told by Steve Bannon from his hotel room watching Trump on TV"
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J. Porter
5.0 out of 5 stars “22 months to grill a ‘nothing burger’.”
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2019
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Great writing, interesting sources. Really enjoy Wolff’s style of writing. Can recommend for anyone into WH and partisan politics, in addition to ‘Fire and Fury’.
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Mick
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as Funny as the First Installment!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2020
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Trump was amusing for the first hundred days...now it's no laughing matter - not the author's fault. May make you think about Bannon again though! Not as much on Mueller as I would have liked though.
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Philip Anderson
4.0 out of 5 stars Continues the examination of Trump and his associates with all weaknesses exposed and yet he survives!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2019
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The more the net appears to close in on his presidency the more the weakness of his opponents is shown for what it is.
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