<P> Wolff said Trump himself was characterized by "wide - ranging ignorance ." For example, Sam Nunberg, a campaign advisor, reportedly tried to explain the United States Constitution to Trump but could not get past the Fourth Amendment . Wolff also claims that Kushner and Ivanka Trump discussed having Ivanka run in a future presidential campaign . </P> <P> After the book's publication, Wolff invited notice to passages toward the book's end cryptically insinuating that Trump and his administration's ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, as currently involved in an exta - marital affair . </P> <P> The book was originally scheduled to go on sale on January 9, 2018, but the publisher, Henry Holt and Company, moved up the release date to January 5 due to "unprecedented demand ." An excerpt of the book was released by New York magazine on January 3, 2018 . The same day, other media outlets reported on further content of the book; for example, The Guardian reported "explosive" highlights, stating they were based on the full book . That day, preorders of the book made it the number 1 bestseller in the country . Fire and Fury debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, and within a week had become the fastest selling book in the publisher's history, with over 700,000 orders shipped and 1.4 million orders placed . </P> <P> At her daily press briefing on January 3, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House Press Secretary, called the book "trashy tabloid fiction" and "filled with false and misleading accounts ." The White House released a statement saying that Bannon had "lost his mind" and Charles Harder, a lawyer for Trump, sent a cease - and - desist letter to Bannon, allegedly for violating a non-disclosure agreement . On January 4, Harder sought to stop the release of the book, sending a cease - and - desist letter to the author and publisher with the threat of a lawsuit for libel . </P>

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