Michael
Wolff, author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White
House"
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Author Michael Wolff has faced renewed criticism for
his suggestions that US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki
Haley is having an extramarital affair with President Donald
Trump.
Wolff's book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump
White House," uses suggestive language in a passage about the
pair, and Wolff confirmed that he believes the affair is
real.
"I would say she seems to have embraced it,"
Wolff said of Haley, despite her denial of the
rumors.
In response, critics have noted that "we must question
other conclusions he has reached."
Nearly a month after the publication of his explosive book
"Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," author Michael
Wolff has again found himself under fire — this time for his role
in fueling a rumor that US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki
Haley is having an affair with President Donald Trump.
Wolff doubled down on suggestions he made about the affair in his
book during an
interview with theSkimm on Wednesday.
"I would say she seems to have embraced it,” Wolff said.
"All she does is hammer on this fact. I mean, if I were being
accused of something, and I am not accusing her of anything. She
hasn't tried to avoid this, let's say."
A
passage toward the end of Wolff's book uses suggestive
language to describe the pair's interactions.
"She had become a particular focus of Trump's attention,
and he of hers. ... The president had been spending a notable
amount of private time with Haley on Air Force One, and was seen
to be grooming her for a national political future."
During an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" earlier
this month, Wolff expanded upon this passage, saying he was
"absolutely sure" Trump was having an affair with
someone.
"You just have to read between the lines,” Wolff told
Maher.
Haley's alleged affair came up during an interview she did
with
Politico in which she called the rumors "disgusting."
"It is absolutely not true. It is highly offensive and it's
disgusting …" Haley told Politico. "It amazes me what people will
do and the lies they will say for money and power."
Erik Wemple, an opinion writer for The Washington Post, pushed
back on this claim in a scathing
op-ed piece about Wolff's explosive suggestions.
"Embraced it? In what reportorial universe is Wolff living?" he
wrote, referring to Wolff's comments for theSkimm. "If Wolff has
genuinely concluded that Haley has really and truly 'embraced'
this rumor, then we must question other conclusions he has
reached."
Numerous claims in Wolff's book have been
disputed by those quoted in it, including the
Trump administration.
Wolff's
justification for his claims has often failed to live up to
journalistic standards.
"My evidence is the book," Wolff told MSNBC's Katy Tur. "Read the
book. If it makes sense to you, if it strikes a chord, if it
rings true, it is true."
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