--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Has Advice for the President Fire and Fury Book description: "I’m buying 20 copies," said Jimmy Kimmel about the new Trump book, "Fire and Fury" canonical: https://time.com/5089624/jimmy-kimmel-michael-wolff/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-05T16:34:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:24.137Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has Advice for the President About That Book og:description: "I’m buying 20 copies," Kimmel said about the new Trump book, "Fire and Fury" og:url: https://time.com/5089624/jimmy-kimmel-michael-wolff/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecf3803cb5def0ed/6988f733fb4eac53e28952f3/kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kimmel og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has Advice for the President About That Book twitter:description: "I’m buying 20 copies," Kimmel said about the new Trump book, "Fire and Fury" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecf3803cb5def0ed/6988f733fb4eac53e28952f3/kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Has Some Advice for the President About That New Book Claiming the White House Is Dysfunctional ## Video: Michael Wolff Speaks to The Today Show About Steve Bannon [Watch (HLS stream): Michael Wolff Speaks to The Today Show About Steve Bannon](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Vr1eTcjI.m3u8) (1:10)  _Published 2018-01-05. Michael Wolff, author of "Fire and Fury," tells The Today Show about how Steve Bannon "transformed" while he was working on his book about the Trump White House._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 5, 2018 4:34 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 5, 2018 4:34 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel had some advice for President Donald Trump on Thursday night’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ Kimmel roasted Trump for giving [Michael Wolff’s](http://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/?xid=homepage) explosive new _Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House_ even more publicity after his lawyers reportedly sent a [cease-and-desist letter](http://time.com/5087823/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-donald-trump-white-house/?xid=homepage) to publisher Henry Holt and Co. The publisher responded by [moving up the book’s publication](http://time.com/5088835/donald-trump-michael-wolff-early-publication/?xid=homepage) date from January 9 to Friday. “If you don’t want people to read a book about you, why would you take legal action to stop people from reading the book about you?” Kimmel asked. “Threatening the writer with legal action is literally the dumbest move you can make if you want to keep it on the down-low.” “I wasn’t going to buy the book. I was just gonna read the excerpts in magazines and move on,” he added. “But now that Trump’s lawyers are going all-out to try to stop this book from being published, I’m buying 20 copies. 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