From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

It is finally here. Michael Wolfe's much-anticipated new book, Fire and Fury.

The anticipation for Michael Wolfe's White House tell-all was validated by the juiciest, scariest,

viciousest behind-the-scenes tidbits ever.

The author of that book says that people all around Trump

think that he is unfit and acts like a child.

According to Michael Wolfe's reporting,

the president of the United States takes his cheeseburgers to bed with him.

The book also suggests the president was so paranoid he might be poisoned,

he wouldn't let White House housekeepers touch his toothbrush.

The depictions of chaos, instability, and even criminality were so vivid,

the White House attempted to suppress publication,

which of course just generated still more attention for the book,

which is on back order,

while the publisher prints a million more copies.

Fire and Fury has raised many issues about the competence and stability of the president

and his administration, putting Donald Trump's mental state under heightened scrutiny,

but it has also raised questions about

journalistic access and methods and put the author under some scrutiny as well.

Michael Wolf joins me now. Michael, welcome to O'Tiam.

Thanks for having me.

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