Siege: Trump Under Fire
{{Short description|2019 non-fiction book by Michael Wolff}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
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| author = Michael Wolff
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| subject = Presidency of Donald Trump
| publisher = Henry Holt and Company
| published = June 4, 2019
| media_type = Print, e-book, audiobook
| pages = 352
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| isbn = 978-1250253828
| isbn_note = (Hardcover)
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| preceded_by = Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
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Siege: Trump Under Fire is a book by Michael Wolff and which according to Wolff, details the behavior of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration. The book is a sequel to Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, a New York Times number one bestseller.
Publication
In June 2018, Wolff announced that he had signed a deal with Henry Holt and Company, the publisher of Fire and Fury, to write a sequel.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/391349-michael-wolff-plans-to-write-a-sequel-to-fire-and-fury/|title=Michael Wolff plans to write a sequel to 'Fire and Fury'|website=The Hill|last=Greenwood|first=Max|date=June 8, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2019}} The book was released on June 4, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/05/15/michael-wolff-writes-sequel-fire-and-fury-trump-white-house/3683365002/ |title=Michael Wolff writes sequel to 'Fire and Fury' about Trump White House |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=May 15, 2019 |access-date=May 30, 2019}}
Summary
Wolff's narrative begins in February 2018, and ends with the release of the Mueller Report in March 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/books/review-siege-trump-under-fire-michael-wolff.html |title=In 'Siege: Trump Under Fire,' Michael Wolff Chats With Steve Bannon While the Establishment Burns - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=May 28, 2019 |access-date=May 30, 2019 |last1=Szalai |first1=Jennifer }} Wolff uses on-the-record comments by Steve Bannon, a former aide to Trump.{{cite news|last=Lizza |first=Ryan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-trip-inside-trumpworld-and-inside-the-presidents-head-with-bannon-as-guide/2019/05/29/7560ec12-8236-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html |title=Book review of Siege: Trump Under Fire by Michael Wolff |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=May 30, 2019}} He claims to have 150 sources for the book.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/business/media/michael-wolff-book-siege.html |title=Michael Wolff Talks 'Siege,' Trump, Journalism and His Definition of Truth - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=May 30, 2019 |access-date=May 30, 2019 |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael M. }} According to Wolff, "Robert Mueller drew up a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against Donald Trump before deciding to shelve it." A week prior to the release of Siege, a spokesperson for Mueller denied that such a document exists.{{cite web| last = Helmore| first = Edward| title = Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book says| work = The Guardian| date = May 28, 2019| url = https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/mueller-trump-obstruction-charge-michael-wolff-book-siege-under-fire-news| access-date = May 28, 2019}}
Reception
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who was mentioned in the book, criticized Wolff and his publisher's alleged failure to confirm the story, adding that "it is fiction and bad fiction at that."{{cite news |last=Dershowitz |first=Alan |title=Author Michael Wolff fictionalized my dinner with Trump |newspaper=The Hill |date=July 3, 2019 |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/451486-dershowitz-author-michael-wolff-fictionalized-my-dinner-with-trump/ |access-date=July 4, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/siege-michael-wolff/|title=Siege: Trump Under Fire|publisher=Henry Holt and Company}}
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Category:2019 non-fiction books
Category:American non-fiction books
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Category:Unauthorized biographies
Category:Books about American politicians
Category:Books about the first Trump administration
Category:Books by Michael Wolff