Elsewhere in the podcast, Wolff also claimed that he started the rumor that the reason why Trump was targeting Harvard was because his youngest son, Barron, applied and didn’t get in — a claim that first lady Melania Trump has denied.

“That nugget comes from me,” Wolff said. “That exists because I reported that that was the joke within the White House.”

He added, “I actually don’t know if there’s any truth in this, which there very well might be, but within the White House that became the joke… Because they were like, ‘What is he doing? This is crazy stuff. Why would this be happening?’ and then they tell the Barron joke.”

Trolling masterclass.