Gray, C. Boyden, 76, 77, 78
Great Britain. See United Kingdom
Great Recession (financial crisis of 2008), 137, 293
Green Room (White House), 317
Greenspan, Alan, 233
Gridiron Dinner, 175–76
Gulf Cooperation Council, 114
Gulf War, 77, 117
The Guns of August (Tuchman), 280
Haberman, Maggie, 356
Haiti, 320, 321
Haley, Nikki, 179
“hammerheads,” 33
Handelsblatt, 326
Hanoi Hilton, 77
Haqqani Network, in Pakistan, 258
Harvey, Derek, 108–14, 147–48, 151, 154
Harward, Bob, 51–52
Hatch, Orrin, 239, 291, 293, 294
Heller, Dean, 295
Hezbollah, 54, 109–10, 113, 154, 229
Hicks, Hope, 20, 66, 165, 206, 252, 265, 270, 338, 356
“the hidden Trump voter,” 24–25
Hijazi, Aya, 324
Hiroshima, 181
Hitler, 239
Holbrooke, Richard, 127
Holder, Eric, 213
Holt, Lester, 164
Hoover, Herbert, 233
Hoover, J. Edgar, 63, 71
House Ethics Committee, 170
House of Broken Toys
Afghanistan as, 314
Iraqi Operations Group as, 182, 183
Huckabee Sanders, Sarah, 202–3, 241
human trafficking, 104–5
Hussein, Saddam, 65, 181–82, 185
Hwasong-14 (North Korean ICBM), 178
ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles), xviii, 60, 178–80, 230, 279, 302
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) union, 283
Ignatius, David, 153
immigration
Australian refugee agreement, 207
border security, 320, 342
chain immigration (family reunification policy), 186–87, 268, 321
Cohn on U.S. as immigration center, 56
diversity lottery, 321
Dreamers and DACA, 185–88, 267, 285, 317, 318, 319, 321
Graham on, 185–88, 317–21
Mexicans called “rapists” by Trump, 11
Muslim ban, 100
Nielsen on, 284
possible deal on, 317–23
in presidential campaign, 15
“shithole countries” remark, 320–21
strategy on, 217
Trump’s rhyming snake story on, 322–23
wall, 175–76, 186, 284, 285, 317, 322, 323
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) union, 283
impeachment
of Bill Clinton, 181
Trump and Comey firing, 164–65
Trump and Mueller investigation, 355–56
India
Afghanistan and, 121, 125, 127
Modi and Trump, 125, 146
Pakistan, as counterweight to, 146
inflation, 57, 58
Instagram, 206
Intel, 247
intellectual property violations by China, 272–73, 336, 337
intelligence community. See also specific agencies
on chemical weapons in Syria, 147
North Korean nuclear proliferation, secretiveness about, 177–81
Russia, first Trump briefing on, 62–71
on Saudis, 111–12
Trump’s war with, 65, 68, 71
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), xviii, 60, 178–80, 230, 279, 302
The Interview (film), 98
inversion (relocation of corporation’s legal home to low-tax company), 57–58, 289
Iran
Bolton on, 87
cyber wars with, 339
European trade with, 221, 223
Harvey and Kushner on, 109, 111, 113, 114
Hezbollah and, 109, 154
Iraq and, 182, 209
Mattis and, 50, 52–54, 83
National Security Strategy and, 298, 300
nuclear deal with, 111, 129–33, 221–23
Syria and, 154
Tillerson on, 229
Trump on state of regime in, 300
U.S. in Afghanistan and, 313
Yemen and, 72
Iran-contra, 165, 352
Iraqi Operations Group (The House of Broken Toys), 182, 183
Iraqi Republican Guard, 117, 181
Iraq/Iraq War
Afghanistan compared, 128
Bolton’s support for Iraq War, 87
under George W. Bush, 314
Dunford, in Iraq War, 100
Gulf War, 77, 117
Harvey as director for Middle East on, 108
Iran and, 182, 209, 298
Mattis and, 50, 51, 54
McMaster and, 117, 314
under Obama, 256
paying for commitments in, 310
Rice on, 185
Saddam Hussein, efforts to remove, 181–83
Tillerson on, 229
Trump’s desire to pull out of, 229
WMD allegations, 64
ISIS, 39, 51, 61, 83, 196, 222, 229, 256
Israel, 51, 109–11, 113, 114, 131, 298
J. P. Morgan/JPMorgan Chase, 136, 248
Jackson, Ronny, 266
Japan
American relationship with, 96, 179, 219
case for free trade with, 220
Chinese intellectual property violations and, 272
Hiroshima, 181
North Korean nuclear proliferation and, 92, 93, 179, 224, 302, 306
TPP and, 139
trade with, 179, 220
Jarrett, Valerie, 122
Jefferson, Thomas, 246, 253
Jefferson Memorial, 328
Jeffersonian democracy, 127
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), 138
jobs
agricultural products, trade in, 158–61, 220
in automotive industry, 276
China, jobs lost to, 6, 15
employment statistics under Trump, 175
in presidential campaign, 15
service economy versus industrial/manufacturing jobs, 136–38
tariffs affecting, 274, 335
tax reform and, 292, 296
trade agreements affecting, Trump’s views on, 134, 135, 137
Johnson, Jeh, 29, 30
Johnson, Ron, 295
Johnson, Woody, 10
JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey), 138
Jones, Paula, 38, 39
Jones, Seth G., 259
Kahl, Colin, 301
Kaine, Tim, 260
Kasowitz, Marc, 167, 168, 169, 204
Katsas, Greg, 192
Keane, Jack, 49–51
Keating Five ethics investigation, 168
Kellogg, Keith, 77, 88, 126, 255, 257
Kelly, John F.
on Afghanistan, 254, 310, 311
on Charlottesville, 240, 243, 246, 247, 249, 251, 253–54
as chief of staff, 234–36, 311
on Cobb, 326
Chris Crane and, 283
on disorder and disruption of White House staff, 261, 262–64, 265–66, 268, 269
on immigration, 185–86, 285, 319, 323
KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, 264, 265, 304, 306
on McMaster versus Tillerson, 303
media and, 285–86, 356
Mueller investigation and, 325, 326, 342, 346, 347
on NAFTA, 156
Navarro and, 277–78
Nielsen suggested as secretary of homeland security by, 284
on North Korea, 281–82
in Oval Office meetings, 265–66
Porter and, 261–63, 268–69
senior staff meetings of, 285–86
short attention span of, 285
tariffs and, 335–36, 337
tax reform and, 292
Tillerson warned about imminent removal by, 323
on transgender troops, 203
Trump, rela
tionship with, 263, 265–67, 268–69, 283–87
Kennedy, Ted, 318
Kenya, Hezbollah in, 109
KEY2ACT, 42–43
Khans (Gold Star parents), 74
Kim Jong Il, 93
Kim Jong Un, 93, 95, 97, 98, 180, 181, 183, 184, 206, 279, 280–81, 282, 300–302
Kislyak, Sergey, 80, 81, 329, 330, 353
Kissinger, Henry, 297
KKK (Ku Klux Klan), 243, 246, 251
Kobach, Kris, 188
Koch brothers, 292
Korean War, 96
KORUS (United States–[South] Korea Free Trade Agreement), Trump’s desire to terminate, xvii–xxii, xxiii, 105–7, 142, 224, 233, 264–65, 300, 304–8
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 243, 246, 251
Kushner, Jared
Bannon and Priebus, problems with, 144–45, 186, 194–95, 195–96, 237
finances investigated, 163, 194–95
foreign policy, Pentagon lunch and Tank meeting on, 218–26
foreign wars, Trump’s desire to pull out of, 229–30
on immigration, 185–88, 217
KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, xx
McMaster and, 88, 89, 229–30
Middle East interests of, 109
on NAFTA, 155, 156, 157
on NATO, 78
political acumen of, 217–18
in presidential election campaign, 20, 22, 26, 32, 33, 39, 40–41
Priebus resignation and, 236, 237
Russian election interference/collusion/Mueller investigation, 145, 165, 194–95, 197, 215
on Saudi Arabia, 110, 111–14
Sessions attack by Trump as smokescreen for Russian testimony of, 215
Syrian air strike and, 144–45, 150, 154
on trade/trade agreements/trade deficit, 138–39
in transition-period economy meeting, 55, 59
Kuttner, Robert, 259
Lavoy, Peter, 116, 120
leader’s command-and-control targeting, 181–84
leaking
Bannon and Kushner, conflict between, 144–45, 190
hacked Democratic Party emails, 28
Podesta emails, 30, 36
in presidential campaign, 14
Lebanon
Beirut, bombing of Marine Barracks in (1983), 52
Hezbollah, 54, 109–10, 113, 154, 229
National Security Strategy and, 298
Tillerson interventions on, 229
Lee, Mike, 294
Lee, Robert E., 238, 246
Lewinsky, Monica, 36, 165, 352
LGBT rights, 201–3
libel laws, 318–19
Libya, 195, 230
lie detectors, 64
lies and lying
Hillary Clinton coming across as lying, 16
Comey accused of, 169, 331
by Flynn, 82, 198, 330, 345
by Gates, 348
Mueller investigation and, 4, 299, 347, 348, 352
in polls, 45
Trump, as liar, 208–9, 235, 320, 338, 353, 357
Trump accusations of, 4, 169, 299, 331
to Woodward, about North Korea, 177–78, 181
Lighthizer, Robert E. (Bob), 142–43, 160, 266, 272, 274, 276
Lincoln, Abraham, 123, 237, 253
Lincoln Bedroom (White House), 328
Lindsey, Lawrence B., 137
lithium, 309
“Little Rocket Man”/“Rocket Man,” 280, 281, 282
“Lock Her Up” chant, 43, 60
Lonesome Dove (novel/miniseries), 325
Lowell, Abbe, 194
loyalty, importance to Trump of, 66, 138–39, 176, 268, 317
Lujan, Fernando, 117–18
Lute, Douglas, 116
M16 (United Kingdom), 63
“Make America Great Again” slogan, 15, 115
Manafort, Kathleen, 21
Manafort, Paul, 9, 10, 13–14, 16, 20–22, 21–22, 26, 172, 197, 348
Mar-a-Lago, 86, 88, 150, 151, 205, 299
Marine One, 213
Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), 184
Masters Tournament, 339
Mattis, James
on Afghanistan, 50, 51, 123, 124, 125–26, 196, 256, 258, 260, 313
approach to working with Trump, 227–28
on coordination of foreign policy, 195–96
foreign policy, Bannon’s efforts to deal on, 196
foreign policy, Pentagon lunch and Tank meeting on, 218–26
on Iran nuclear deal, 130, 132, 133
KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, 264, 304, 305–6
as “Mad Dog,” 50, 222
McMaster and, 86, 154, 210, 211
on NATO, 76–79
on North Korea, xxi, xxii, 100, 106, 179, 180, 280, 302
recruitment as secretary of defense, 50–54
on Russian election interference, collusion, and Mueller investigation, 82–83, 325
on Saudi Arabia, 110, 112, 114
Sunday talk shows, refusal to appear on, 133
on tariffs, 160
Tillerson and, 132, 210–11
on trade/trade agreements/trade deficits, 139, 146, 148, 149–50, 153, 154
on transgender troops, 202, 203
on Trump, 83
waiver to become secretary of defense, 139
Yemen, strike on, 72, 74
MBN (Mohammed bin Nayef), 111–12
MBS (Mohammed bin Salman), 111, 112
McAuliffe, Terry, 84
McCabe, Andrew, 63, 83–85
McCabe, Jill, 84
McCain, Cindy, 104–5
McCain, John
on Afghanistan, 260
on Charlottesville, 239
dinner with Trump, 104–5
dislike of Trump, 104
Dowd’s representation of, in Keating Five ethics investigation, 168
Graham and, 99, 100, 104–5
on North Korea, 105
as presidential candidate, 17
Steele dossier and, 63
on Syrian air strike, 153
Trump on Vietnam War experience of, 76–77, 104
Yemen raid criticized by, 76–77
McCain, Admiral John, 77
McEntee, Johnny, 231
McGahn, Donald, 80, 81, 162–63, 165, 170, 172, 192, 198, 268, 329, 330, 350
McMaster, H. R.
on Afghanistan, 117–21, 122, 123–26, 254, 255–56, 257, 258, 259, 260, 310–11, 314
coordination failures in White House and, 261, 264, 265, 266
Dereliction of Duty, 86, 87, 117
on Iran nuclear deal, 131, 132, 133
Iraq and, 117, 314
KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, 264, 265, 303–4, 305, 307
on NAFTA, 156
on North Korea, 91, 101, 102, 103, 106–7, 184–85, 279–80, 282
NSC process and, 228
on Paris Climate Accord, 193
Priebus and, 145–46
recruitment as national security advisor, 86–90
on Saudi Arabia, 110–14
Saudi Arabian money, feud with Tillerson over, 303–4, 307
on Syrian air strike, 145–46, 147, 148–49, 150, 151, 153, 154
Tank meeting at Pentagon not attended by, 219
on tariffs, 266–67
Tillerson and Mattis, difficulties with, 154, 210–12, 228–29, 303–4, 307
Trump, relationship with, 145–46, 230, 270
Trump’s view of foreign wars and, 229–30, 314–15
on Xi Jinping and China, 232
Meadows, Mark, 43–44
media. See also specific outlets
Charlottesville and, 253–54
Cobb interviews in, 325–26
on Comey firing, 164
credentials, Trump’s desire to pull, 356
fake news, concept of, 164, 311, 357
Hicks’s views on, 66
Kelly an
d, 285–86, 356
McMaster’s appointment as national security advisor and, 86–90
on Mueller investigation, 165, 174, 197–98
oppositional defiance syndrome attributed to, 66
Trump heavily influenced by, 195, 231, 291
Trump’s views on, 14, 86, 195, 356
Mercer, Bob, 10, 13
Mercer, Rebekah, 9–10, 13
Merck, 247
#MeToo, 299–300, 336
Mexico
case for free trade with, 220
jobs lost to, 134, 135
Mexicans called “rapists” by Trump, 11
NAFTA, 135, 142, 155–58, 160, 233, 264, 274
Middle East. See also specific countries
Harvey as director for, 108–14
Hezbollah in, 54, 109–10, 113, 154, 229
importance of U.S. alliances in, 219
ISIS in, 39, 51, 61, 83, 196, 222, 229, 256
Mattis and, 50, 83, 219
National Security Strategy on, 297–98, 316
Trump briefings, 110
U.S. payment for defense of, Trump on, 305
military
arms deals, 220
Charlottesville, comments on, 246
SEALs, 51, 72–75, 243
Syria, Saudi Arabia funding operations in, 303, 307
transgender troops in, 201–3
Trump’s ability to relate to families of, 73–75
Miller, Jason, 20
Miller, Stephen, 126, 133, 140, 187, 213–14, 217, 234, 235, 260, 268, 278, 320, 321
Milley, Mark, 89, 246
mineral wealth of Afghanistan, 125, 309–11
Mnuchin, Steve
on Charlottesville, 243, 250
economy, meeting on, 55–57, 59
foreign policy, Pentagon lunch and Tank meeting on, 218–26
on NAFTA, 156
on North Korea, 180
in presidential campaign, 26, 41–42
on tax reform, 267, 290, 291, 292, 294
on trade/trade agreements/trade deficit, 55–57, 59, 140, 143
MOAB (Mother of All Bombs; GBU-43/B), 222
Modi, Nahendra, 125, 146
Mohammed bin Nayef (MBN), 111–12
Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), 111, 112
Moon Jae-in, 304
MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator), 184
Morell, Mike, 28–29
Morning Joe (TV show), 153, 205
moron, Tillerson describing Trump as, 225, 227, 228
Mossad, 110
Mother of All Bombs (MOAB; GBU-43/B), 222
Mozambique, Hezbollah in, 109
MSNBC, 165, 195, 205, 241
Mueller, Robert (Bob)
appointment of Mueller as special counsel, 165, 168
conflict of interest raised by Trump, 166
Dowd and, 170–72, 325
Dowd’s negotiations with, 324–33, 343–56
as FBI director, 168, 170
Mattis and, 325
silence of, 171, 349
Mueller investigation
anger and agitation of Trump regarding, 165–66, 168–69, 173–74, 268–69, 270–71, 331–32
appointment of Mueller as special counsel, 165, 168