Controversial stories about the Trump election and White House residency have hit with the release of journalist Michael Wolff's book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
The USA Today journalist purportedly lifts the lid on stories very much outside of the Oval office's official statements.
More World News Videos
- Video duration
- 01:37
Trump lawyers demand Bannon ...
Trump lawyers demand Bannon 'cease-and-desist'
Lawyers for the US president have accused Steve Bannon of violating a confidentiality agreement after the former White House strategist was quoted in a book making disparaging remarks about Donald Trump and his family.
Up Next
'No one believed, because no one listened'
- Video duration
- 01:27
- Video duration
- 01:27
'No one believed, because no one listened'
'No one believed, because no one listened'
Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar in 2016, claimed that Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics knew about allegations of abuse against Larry Nassar years ago and failed to act.
Up Next
Parents of tortured children barred from contact
- Video duration
- 01:04
- Video duration
- 01:04
Parents of tortured children barred from ...
Parents of tortured children barred from contact
A judge barred a Southern California husband and wife from contacting the 13 children they are charged with beating, shackling and starving in their suburban home.
Up Next
France's Macron lays out his strategy for Europe
- Video duration
- 01:40
- Video duration
- 01:40
France's Macron lays out his strategy for ...
France's Macron lays out his strategy for Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron says European countries will need to be ambitious in shaping the future of the European Union.
Up Next
US President Donald Trump promises to testify
- Video duration
- 01:35
- Video duration
- 01:35
US President Donald Trump promises to ...
US President Donald Trump promises to testify
While speaking to reporters Donald Trump pledges to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller while also saying that he's "looking forward to it."
Up Next
Australia to sign new trade deal
- Video duration
- 01:56
- Video duration
- 01:56
Australia to sign new trade deal
Australia to sign new trade deal
An amended Trans-Pacific Partnership will be signed by 11 countries, not including the US, after Donald Trump withdrew from negotiations. It's expected to boost Australia's export market and create jobs.
Up Next
Trans-Pacific trade pact to be signed without US
- Video duration
- 01:50
- Video duration
- 01:50
Trans-Pacific trade pact to be signed ...
Trans-Pacific trade pact to be signed without US
Eleven countries, including Australia, have agreed on an Asia-Pacific trade pact, forging ahead despite the United States pulling out.
Up Next
China's import ban cleans up trash towns
- Video duration
- 01:05
- Video duration
- 01:05
China's import ban cleans up trash towns
China's import ban cleans up trash towns
The Chinese town of Giuyu used to be a dumping ground for the world's trash. Now China has banned imports of foreign waste to crack down on its own chronic pollution problem.
Trump lawyers demand Bannon 'cease-and-desist'
Lawyers for the US president have accused Steve Bannon of violating a confidentiality agreement after the former White House strategist was quoted in a book making disparaging remarks about Donald Trump and his family.
With The New Republic reporting that Wolff has a reputation as "possibly the bitchiest media bigfoot writing today," one might expect nothing less.
Here are the top revelations from the book.
Ivanka in the Oval Office
According to Wolf, Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner accepted positions in the West Wing "over the advice of almost everyone they knew" because of the future possibility of Ivanka, not Hillary Clinton, being the first woman president.
The BBC's Anthony Zurcher commented that "thanks to familial ties [Jared and Ivanka] had the president's ear and apparently harboured dynastic hopes".
Trump's team were worried about his ability to 'process information'
Describing the President as "no more than semi-literate", the Trump team were concerned about his ability to take in information.
As reported by NBC, Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn, who leads the president's National Economic Council wrote in an email that Trump was, "An idiot surrounded by clowns [he] won't read anything –– not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers; nothing."
Unsurprisingly ... Team Trump never expected to win in 2016
Team Trump entered the race with a "plan to lose", says Wolff. They "believed they could get all the benefits of almost becoming president without having to change their behaviour or their worldview one whit."
The election would reportedly boost the already robust fame of the Trumps, and leave out the strenuous business of running the country.
"Losing would work out for everybody," says Wolff. "Losing was winning."
Melania's tears on election night
The famously reclusive First Lady was apparently in tears on Election Night when it became more apparent that Donald Trump was going to win. Having been "assured by her husband that he wouldn't become president" the worst had happened.
This would seem to back up claims - such as this one in Vanity Fair - that Melania told aides "she didn't want Donald to run, because she was terrified he might win."