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41 " Pecker was often mocked by Trump as “Little Pecker,” and his mustache was the target of derisive and obscene remarks. (Curiously, Pecker bore a resemblance to Trump’s father, who also wore a mustache.) "
― Michael Wolff , Siege: Trump Under Fire
42 " Crazy was a potent enemy against the establishment, but how to predict what a crazy man will do? "
43 " The fact that he had stayed out of jail showed, impressively for many, how easily the system could be played. Seen from this point of view, he really might be a genius. "
44 " 33,000 emails she deemed “personal” remained unaccounted for. Bannon, along with many other Republicans, suspected that in this cache of emails was a clear road map of how Bill and Hillary were funding the Clinton Foundation, trading, they suspected, on her position in the Obama administration for cash contributions. "
45 " He had no ability to distinguish the important from the less important. There seemed to be no such thing as objective reality. "
46 " Immigration was not just Trumpism’s sine qua non, it was the fundamental intellectual pillar that any dope could understand. "
47 " Trump did not want a White House that ran by any method other than to satisfy his desires. "
48 " Trump’s need for constant affirmation and his almost complete inability to talk about anything but himself. "
49 " An overriding characteristic of the Trump presidency was the fact that almost all conflicts became personalized. "
50 " television host directing the president to do whatever might most compel a television audience—took the game a big step further. "
51 " Acting, in his view, was the greater and more important legal skill. "
52 " the Trump bubble. Trump was incapable of admitting vulnerability—any at all. "
53 " Trump demanded subservience, but when he got it he was suspicious of the person providing it. "
54 " Confused to find that the power of the presidency had limitations, he came to see the limitations as his own "
55 " The mantra was simple: if there was no Wall, there was no Trump. Stopping immigration was the Trump story. "
56 " better understand the rules: they worked for Donald Trump, not for the president of the United States. "
57 " He believed he could spook the other side. "
58 " Sooner or later, Trump felt contempt for anyone who showed him too much devotion. "
59 " Jay Sekulow then turned the points raised by the special counsel into a list of specific questions—and then leaked them, as though these were in fact the special counsel’s questions "
60 " Trump needed to surround himself with the dysfunctional and the inept, because he was dysfunctional and inept. "