--- title: Donald Trump Lashes Out at 'Fire & Fury' Book, Steve Bannon description: Donald Trump tweeted that Michael Wolff's forthcoming book was "full of lies, misrepresentation, and sources that don't exist" canonical: https://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/ author: Eli Meixler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-05T06:22:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:45:40.265Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Lashes Out at 'Fire & Fury' Book og:description: The President blasted the author and Steve Bannon on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt019cdf0cd913d6b8/6988f55a86f68e0c806e79bd/trump-tax-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3952 og:image:height: 2223 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Lashes Out at 'Fire & Fury' Book twitter:description: The President blasted the author and Steve Bannon on Twitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt019cdf0cd913d6b8/6988f55a86f68e0c806e79bd/trump-tax-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Says the Explosive _Fire & Fury_ Book Is 'Full of Lies' > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Jan 5, 2018 6:22 AM UTC  President Trump defends the tax bill while talking to reporters at the White House on Dec. 16, 2017 President Trump defends the tax bill while talking to reporters at the White House on Dec. 16, 2017 Susan Walsh—AP by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Jan 5, 2018 6:22 AM UTC The feud between President Donald Trump, his former chief strategist Steve Bannon, and journalist Michael Wolff has continued to escalate, with Trump [tweeting](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949126530839572481) late Thursday that Wolff’s forthcoming book is “full of lies.” Trump denied that he had granted White House access to Wolff, whose highly anticipated book, F_ire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,_ made waves this week with apparent revelations about [in-fighting and dysfunction](http://time.com/5087823/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-donald-trump-white-house/) during the first year of Trump’s administration. In a tweet, the President said the book was “full of lies, misrepresentation, and sources that don’t exist,” and called Bannon, “Sloppy Steve.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949126530839572481) Excerpts of the book, published earlier this week, noted that Bannon suggested that Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyers during the 2016 presidential campaign [was “treasonous.”](http://time.com/5086673/white-house-steve-bannon-president-trump-briefing/) In a statement on Jan. 3, Trump blasted his former White House advisor, playing down Bannon’s role as a mere “staffer,” and saying he had “lost his mind” after being dismissed from the administration in August. **Read More:** [_A New Book Claims the White House Is Dysfunctional. Trump’s Response Proves It_](http://time.com/5087823/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-donald-trump-white-house/) Trump’s lawyers also served Bannon with a [cease and desist letter](http://time.com/5087256/donald-trump-steve-bannon-cease-desist-wolff-book/) that claimed his statements in the book constitute “defamation by libel and slander,” and violate a non-disclosure agreement Bannon signed as a campaign employee. **Read more** **:** [_What to Know About Trump’s Cease-and-Desist Letter to Steve Bannon_](http://time.com/5087774/michael-wolff-book-cease-desist-letter-steve-bannon/) Amid the furor, Wolff’s publisher, Henry Holt & Co, [announced that the book’s publication,](http://time.com/5088835/donald-trump-michael-wolff-early-publication/) originally slated for Jan. 9, has been moved forward to Friday “due to unprecedented demand.” The publisher also confirmed that it had received a cease and desist letter from the President attempting to block the book’s publication. > [](https://twitter.com/MichaelWolffNYC/status/949023092357128194) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/"},"headline":"President Trump Says the Explosive Fire & Fury Book Is 'Full of Lies'","datePublished":"2018-01-05T06:22:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:45:40.265Z","description":"Trump accused Wolff's forthcoming book of being \"full of lies, misrepresentation, and sources that don't exist,\"","url":"https://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","onetime","steve bannon","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt019cdf0cd913d6b8/6988f55a86f68e0c806e79bd/trump-tax-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt019cdf0cd913d6b8/6988f55a86f68e0c806e79bd/trump-tax-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Susan Walsh—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/","name":"President Trump Says the Explosive Fire & Fury Book Is 'Full of Lies'"}}]}] ```