Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff mocks Donald Trump as bombshell book goes on sale despite threat to sue
TRUMP author Michael Wolff claims "100 per cent" of those around the President question his intelligence and ability to do the job with some dubbing him a "moron".
His controversial book - Fire and Fury - paints a derogatory portrait of the US leader describing him as an undisciplined man-child who didn't even want to win the race to the White House.
"They all say he is like a child. And what they mean like that is a need for immediate gratification. It's all about him," Wolff told the 'Today' programmes in the States.
"They say he's a moron, an idiot."
People queued up in book stores across the States to be the first to get their hands on a copy of the book - which Trump said was full of "lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist" as he threatened to sue.
“I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book...” Trump tweeted.
Mr Wolff said it was "extraordinary" that the president of the US would try to stop publication of his book, a move that "the CEO of a mid-sized company" would not attempt.
Trump's hard-hitting lawyer Charles J. Harder earlier issued a cease and desist letter to block the release - while asking for a copy for themselves.
But despite the threats, publisher Henry Holt and Co. has decided to release the book four days ahead of schedule.
The book hit the shelves at 9am Eastern Time today - 2pm in the UK .
Wolff's book is reportedly based on 200 interviews with White House staffers and members of Trump's election campaign team, including Steve Bannon.
The litany of bombshell claims in the book include that First Lady Melania "cried" when Trump won the election.
Other claims within the book include that Trump and his campaign team "didn't actually want to win the election" and that the President "eats cheeseburgers in bed while watching three TVs at once".
Another said that Trump's daughter, Ivanka, sought to become the "first woman president" - a plan she concocted with her husband Jared Kushner.
In response to claims that Trump never actually wanted to win the US presidency, Ms Sanders said: "It is absolutely laughable to to think that somebody like this president would run for office with the purpose of losing.
"If you guys know anything, you know that Donald Trump is a winner and he's not going to do something for the purpose of not coming out on top and not coming out as a winner it's just, that's one of the most ridiculous claims in the book."
Harder, who is representing the President’s private company the Trump Organisation, already blasted former White House strategist Bannon for collaborating with Wolff.
The lawyer accused the Breitbart chief of breaching confidentiality, insisting legal action was “imminent.”
A letter to Bannon read: “You have breached the Agreement by, among other things, communicating with author Michael Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members, and the Company,
The letter continued: “…disclosing Confidential Information to Mr. Wolff, and making disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements to Mr. Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members, and the Company.”
Trump cut ties with Bannon on Wednesday, saying his former adviser had "lost his mind," in a blistering statement issued after comments attributed to Bannon in the book were made public.
And continuing to distance himself from Bannon, Trump said: "Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency."
But Bannon called Trump a "great man" in the wake of the book's controversy.
Some US news outlets have questioned the validity of statements made in Wolf's book.
Michael Wolff, 64, is best known for his columns which featured in New York magazine and Vanity Fair.
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