EXCLUSIVE: Michael Wolff: “If I Left Out Anything, It’s Probably Stuff That Was Even More Damning”
SCOOP: White House Says February 2017 is Last Time They Have a Record of Wolff Speaking to Trump
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Graham Shoots Down Secretary of State Speculation, Says He Would Not Serve in Trump Cabinet
JANUARY 7, 2018 – In an exclusive interview on “Meet the Press,” Michael Wolff, author of the controversial new book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” told moderator Chuck Todd that concern in the White House about President Trump’s fitness for office is so great that the “25th Amendment is a concept that is alive every day in the White House.”
Wolff also shared: “If I left out anything, it’s probably stuff that was even more damning.” Watch the full interview.
Todd broke the news on this morning’s broadcast that the White House says the last time they have a record of Wolff speaking to Trump was in February of 2017, not even through the first hundred days of the administration.
In an exclusive interview this morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) shared that he would say “no” if asked to join Trump’s Cabinet, shooting down secretary of state speculation. The South Carolina senator also defended the president’s fitness for office, telling Todd: “I don’t think he’s crazy. I think he’s had a very successful 2017, and I want to help him where I can, and we should all want him to be successful.” Watch the full interview.
The New York Times’ David Brooks, The New York Times Magazine’s Mark Leibovich, American Enterprise Institute’s Danielle Pletka and MSNBC’s Joy Reid joined the broadcast’s roundtable for insight on the week in politics.
Read the full transcript of this morning’s “Meet the Press” on MeetThePress.com.
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