President Donald Trump doesn’t read either because he’s ‘semi-literate’ or suffers from dyslexia and he also prefers to surround himself with 'office wives,' according to claims in a bombshell new book about the inner workings of the White House.

Author Michael Wolff’s book about the first year of the Trump presidency, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, went on sale Friday after juicy tidbits appeared in a number of media outlets.

One of the claims made in the book regards the level of Trump’s reading comprehension and his ability to take in new information.

‘Trump didn’t read,’ Wolff writes. ‘He didn’t really even skim.

‘If it was print, it might as well not exist.’

President Donald Trump doesn’t read either because he’s ‘semi-literate’ or suffers from dyslexia, according to a new book

Wolff writes that Trump would read headlines of articles about himself as well as short blurbs in gossip pages like Page Six of the New York Post.

But others speculated that he had a disability, which explained why he never delved deep into complex topics.

‘Some thought him dyslexic; certainly his comprehension was limited,’ Wolff writes.

‘Others concluded that he didn’t read because he just didn’t have to, and that in fact this was one of his key attributes as a populist.

‘He was postliterate - total television.’

Wolff gained access to sources inside the White House, among them top aides who paint an unflattering picture of Trump.

Insiders claim Trump also prefers to surround himself with 'office wives' because he finds women, like his daughter Ivanka (seen above standing between Vice President Mike Pence and her husband Jared Kushner) more loyal and trustworthy

Other women who play key roles in the administration are Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (right) and communications director Hope Hicks (left)

Not only did Trump not read, but ‘he didn’t listen,’ he writes.

‘He preferred to be the person talking. And he trusted his own expertise - no matter how paltry or irrelevant - more than anyone else’s.

‘What’s more, he had an extremely short attention span, even when he thought you were worthy of attention.’

Author Michael Wolff’s book about the first year of the Trump presidency, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, went on sale Friday after juicy tidbits appeared in a number of media outlets

Wolff also claims in his book that Trump liked to rely more on women rather than men in the workplace because he tended to view females as less ambitious and more loyal.

‘While Trump was in most ways a conventional misogynist, in the workplace he was much closer to women than to men,’ Wolff writes.

‘The former he confided in, the latter he held at arm’s length.’

Wolff write: ‘He liked and needed his office wives, and he trusted them with his most important personal issues.

‘Women, according to Trump, were simply more loyal and trustworthy than men.

‘Men might be more forceful and competent, but they were also more likely to have their own agendas.

‘Women, by their nature, or Trump’s version of their nature, were more likely to focus their purpose on a man. A man like Trump.’

That is why Trump entrusts his daughter, Ivanka, with a senior adviser role in the White House, according to Wolff.

Other women who play key roles in the administration are Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and communications director Hope Hicks.