File this one under “not a surprise.”
Michael Wolff predicts a bleak future for Donald Trump — and the media.
The “Fire & Fury” author predicted before a packed house at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Monday morning that President Trump will be ousted from the White House in short order.
“We will soon find ourselves in the mother of all constitutional crises … When [Vice President] Mike Pence becomes president, which I believe that he will become, the media business goes into a deep depression,” Wolff said. “Mike Pence is literally the most boring person on Earth. He’s faceless.”
A nonchalant Wolff delivered the news, while basking in the success of his colorful, bestselling book that describes Trump’s dysfunctional White House.
The book has sold over 2 million hard copies in the US since its Jan. 5 release — plus millions of e-copies.
Wolff’s explosive book’s rise was meteoric. On Jan. 4, the day that The Guardian leaked excerpts from “Fire & Fury,” Wolff saw pre-sales of his book skyrocket to No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller’s list within hours. Soon after, the White House sent a cease-and-desist letter, which boosted sales even higher.
Wolff has since cashed in on what he called the “aberrant entertainment” that is the Trump presidency, and will soon see his book turned into a 10-part television series directed by Jay Roach. He is also planning on penning a sequel, according to reports.
“Once a day, I cast my eyes heavenward and say, ‘Thank God for Donald Trump,’” the journalist said.
Despite the massive success, Wolff threw a few jabs at his competitors, who have questioned the accuracy of the gossipy tome.
“The press corps over there, the Washington political reporters, they do a different thing than I do,” he said with a touch of arrogance. “They are all very resentful that I got this story and I made all this money.”
What Wolff did was observe the administration at work for seven months.
“I never asked a question beyond, ‘How’s it going?,’” he said. “It’s an older style of reporting.”
To be sure, there were plenty of errors in the book — which sparked a lot of the pushback.
Wolff didn’t leave Cannes’ main stage before getting in a jab at the New York Times for its scoop that the president threatened to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is heading the investigation into the Trump campaign’s Russia ties.
“Every day he tried to fire Mueller. He did this constantly, to virtually everyone,” Wolff said smugly. “So the Times story was not wrong, but the Times story missed that fact.”