Vanity Fair political correspondent Gabriel Sherman’s newest Trump World/GOP insider quote-fest is up and about as much of a shitshow as the last one. Here are the best parts:
- “‘Any Republican who thinks [Chris] Wallace will go easy on Trump [at the first debate] is badly mistaken. He’s no joke,’ a former West Wing official said.”
- “At one point Hannity told Wallace the only reason he had a job in television was because of his famous father, a legendary 60 Minutes anchor.”
- “‘Trump definitely thinks Rupert is not in his corner’ a Republican close to the White House said. Trump is not entirely wrong. Sources close to Murdoch said Murdoch has told people he thinks Trump will lose in November.”
- “Earlier this summer Trump screamed at Murdoch during a phone call, according to a source briefed on their conversation. ‘They had a humongous blowup. Trump yelled that Fox’s coverage is unfair and the polling is fake,’ the source said. ‘Rupert defended the network’s standards and polling.'”