Iraq
ISIS
isolationism
Israel
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, Michael
Japan
Jarrett, Valerie
Jefferson, Thomas
Jerusalem
Jews
John Birch Society
Johnson, Boris
Johnson, Jamie
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Woody
Jones, Paula
Jordan
Jordan, Hamilton
Jordan, Vernon
Justice Department (DOJ)
Kaepernick, Colin
Kalanick, Travis
Kaplan, Peter
Kasowitz, Marc
Kazakhstan
Keaton, Alex P.
Kelly, John
Kennedy, John F.
Kent, Phil
Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack
Kim Jong-un
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Kislyak, Sergey
Kissinger, Henry
Koch brothers
Kudlow, Larry
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Kurtz, Howard
Kushner, Charlie
Kushner, Jared
background of
Bannon and
business affairs of
business council and
Charlottesville rally and
China and
Christie and
Comey and
CPAC and
electoral victory and
intelligence community and
Kelly and
McMaster and
media and
Mexico and
Middle East and
Murdoch and
Obamacare and
Office of American Innovation and
policy and
role of, in White House
Russia and
Saudi Arabia and
Trump’s speech to Congress and
White House staff and
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Kushner Companies
Kuttner, Robert
labor unions
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Lee, Robert E.
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Lewandowski, Corey
Lewinsky, Monica
Libya
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Mar-a-Lago
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McCarthy, Joe
McConnell, Mitch
McCormick, John
McGahn, Don
McLaughlin, John
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McNerney, Jim
Meadows, Mark
Medicare
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Mensch, Louise
Mercer, Rebekah
Mercer, Robert
Mexico
Middle East
Mighty Ducks, The (TV show)
military contractors
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Miller, Stephen
Mnuchin, Steve
Mohammed bin Nayef, crown prince of Saudi Arabia (MBN)
Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia (MBS)
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MSNBC
Ms. Universe contest
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National Environment Policy Act (1970)
National Football League
nationalists
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McMaster as
Rice as
National Security Agency (NSA)
National Security Council (NSC)
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Nazi Germany
NBC
neoconservatives
neo-Nazis
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New Republic
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New Yorker
New York magazine
New York Observer
New York Post
New York Times
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Obama, Barack
birth certificate and
DOJ and
executive orders and
farewell speech
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immigration and
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Trump inauguration and
White House Correspondents’ Dinner and
wiretapping and
Obamacare repeal and replace
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opioid crisis
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Paris Climate Accord
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Pence, Mike
Pentagon
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Planned Parenthood
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Politico
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populists
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Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act (2010)
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Priebus, Reince
business councils and
campaign and
chief of staff appointment and
CPAC and
Flynn and
inauguration and
Obama wiretapping story and
resignation of
Russia investigation and
Scaramucci and
Prince, Erik
Private Eye magazine
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Pruitt, Scott
Putin, Vladimir
Qatar
Raffel, Josh
Reagan, Ronald
Remnick, David
Renaissance Technologies
Republican National Committee (RNC)
Republican National Convention
Republican Party
fracturing of
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Rice, Susan
Rometty, Ginni
Rose, Charlie
Rosen, Hillary
Rosenstein, Rod
Ross, Wilbur
Roth, Steven
Rove, Karl
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia
Bannon on
Comey and
Don Jr. Trump Tower meeting and
Foer’s theories on
Flynn and
investigations begun
Kushner and
money trail and
Mueller appointed special counsel
Obama wiretapping story and
sanctions and
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Syria and
Steele dossier and
Russian oligarchs
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Sanders, Sarah Huckabee
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Saturday Night Live (TV show)
Saudi Arabia
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Scaramucci, Anthony
Scarborough, Joe
Scavino, Dan
Schiller, Keith
Schlapp, Matt
Schlapp, Mercedes
Schmidt, Michael
Schwartz, Arthur
Schwartz, Tony
Schwarzman, Stephen
Secret Service
Seinfeld (TV series)
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Sessions, Jeff
Sinclair organization
Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-
60 Minutes (TV show)
666 Fifth Avenue
Skybridge Capital
Slate
Slovenia
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Snowden, Edward
Soros, George
Special Operations
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Spicer, Sean
Spy magazine
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State Department
Steele, Christopher
Steele dossier
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Stone, Roger
Strange, Luther
Strategic and Policy Forum
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Syria
Taliban
tax reform
Tea Party
Thiel, Peter
Thrush, Glenn
Tillerson, Rex
Time magazine
Time Warner
trade
transgender ban
Treasury Department
Trotta, Liz
Trudeau, Justin
Truman, Harry
Trump, Barron
Trump, Don, Jr.
Trump, Donald
Abe meeting at Mar-a-Lago and
Afghanistan and
Ailes on
Ailes’s funeral and
Alabama GOP Senate run-off
Apprentice and
Bannon and
Bannon firing and
Billy Bush tape and
business and finances of
business councils and
cabinet appointments and
campaign and
Canada and
chaotic leadership style of
Charlottesville and
China and
Comey and
Congress and
Conway and
CPAC and
DOJ and
electoral victory of
executive orders and
fake news and
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foreign policy and
future of presidency of
Gorsuch nomination and
Haley and
Hannity interview and
Harrisburg trip and
immigration and
inauguration and
information and influences on
intelligence briefings and
intelligence community and
Israel and
Ivanka and
Jews and
Kelly as chief of staff and
Kislyak meeting in Oval Office and
Kushner and
McMaster and
media and
Melania and
Mercers and
Mexico and
Mueller investigation and
Murdoch and
New York Times interview of
NFL controversy and
nightly phone calls and
normalizing influences on
North Korea and
Obamacare and
Obama wiretapping accusation and
O’Reilly and
pardon power and
Paris Climate Accord and
Pence and
personality and behavior of
phone calls with foreign leaders
political style of
popular vote and
press secretary and
Priebus as chief of staff and
Republican Party and
right wing and
Russia and
Saudi Arabia and
Scaramucci and
Scarborough and Brzezinski and
Sessions and
sexual harassment and
sons and
speaking style of
speech at Huntsville for Strange
speech to Boy Scouts
speech to CIA
speech to joint session of Congress
staff doubts about
staff infighting and
Syria and
tax reform and
tax returns and
television and
transition and
White House Correspondents’ dinner and
White House living quarters and
women as confidants of
Yates and
Trump, Eric
Trump, Freddy (brother)
Trump, Fred (father)
Trump, Ivanka
Afghanistan and
background of
Bannon and
Charlottesville rally and
China dinner and
Christie and
Comey and
Haley and
Kelly and
Obamacare and
Paris Climate Accord and
Powell and
Russia and
Saudi Arabia and
Syria and
White House role of
White House staff and
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Trump International Hotels
Trump SoHo
Trump Tower
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Kislyak meeting with Kushner and Flynn at
surveillance of
Turkey
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Ukraine
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Intelligence Committee
Obamacare repeal and
Ways and Means Committee
U.S. Senate
Judiciary Committee, Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee
Foreign Relations Committee
Intelligence Committee
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US Steel
U.S. Supreme Court
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Wall Street 2 (film)
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Washington Post
Washington Times
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West Bank
White House communications director
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Scaramuccci as
White House Correspondents’ Dinner
White House ethics office
White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
white supremacy
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Wirthlin, Richard
Women Who Work (Ivanka Trump)
Woodward, Bob
World Bank
World Wrestling Entertainment
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Xi Jinping
Yaffa,
Joshua
Yahoo! News
Yanukovych, Viktor
Yates, Sally
Yemen
Yiannopoulos, Milo
Zhukova, Dasha
Zucker, Jeff
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MICHAEL WOLFF has received numerous awards for his work, including two National Magazine Awards. He has been a regular columnist for Vanity Fair, New York, The Hollywood Reporter, British GQ, USA Today, and The Guardian. He is the author of six prior books, including the bestselling Burn Rate and The Man Who Owns the News. He lives in Manhattan and has four children. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
AUTHOR’S NOTE
PROLOGUE: AILES AND BANNON
1. ELECTION DAY
2. TRUMP TOWER
3. DAY ONE
4. BANNON
5. JARVANKA
6. AT HOME
7. RUSSIA
8. ORG CHART
9. CPAC
10. GOLDMAN
11. WIRETAP
12. REPEAL AND REPLACE
13. BANNON AGONISTES
14. SITUATION ROOM
15. MEDIA
16. COMEY
17. ABROAD AND AT HOME
18. BANNON REDUX
19. MIKA WHO?
20. MCMASTER AND SCARAMUCCI
21. BANNON AND SCARAMUCCI
22. GENERAL KELLY
EPILOGUE: BANNON AND TRUMP
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
ALSO BY MICHAEL WOLFF
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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