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farmers and agricultural producers as, 220

“the hidden Trump voter,” 24–25

Tuchman, Barbara, The Guns of August, 280

Turnbull, Malcolm, 207–9

Twitter, Trump’s use of

on Afghanistan, 115–16

centrality to Trump presidency, 206–7

on CEOs resigning from American Manufacturing Council and Strategy & Policy Forum over Trump’s Charlottesville comments, 247–48

Charlottesville, Pence retweeting Trump remarks on, 253–54

on Hillary Clinton missing emails, 173

doubling of number of characters in a single Tweet, 207

Graham on, 103–4

Manafort influenced by, 20–21

on Jill McCabe campaign donations, 84

on Morning Joe hosts, 205, 206

on North Korea, 300–302

during presidential campaign, 20, 39

on Priebus’s resignation and replacement by Kelly, 234–35

on Putin, 82

on Russia dossier with prostitute allegations, 71

on Russian election interference, 65, 330

Sessions attacked, 214, 215

staff efforts to control, 195, 205–7

Tillerson, removal of, 323

on transgender troops, 202

Tyson, Laura, 233

Ukraine

Manafort, funds paid to, 21–22

Trump campaign sabotage, Russian propaganda about, 230

Under Armour, 247

United Auto Workers, 335

United Kingdom

Bannon on Kushner leak to Daily Mail, 145

Brexit referendum, 78

libel laws in, 318–19

MI6, 63

United Nations General Assembly, Trump addressing (September 2017), 280–81

United Nations Security Council, 179–80, 232, 272

United States–[South] Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), Trump’s desire to terminate, xvii–xxii, xxiii, 105–7, 142, 224, 233, 264–65, 300, 304–8

U.S.S Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), 213

U.S.S Porter, 150

U.S.S Ross, 150

Venezuela, Hezbollah in, 109

Veterans Administration reform plan, 18

The Victory Sessions (radio show), 2

Vietnam War, 76–77, 93, 96, 117

Virginia Democratic Party, 84

voting record of Trump, 3–4

Wall Street Journal, 43, 122, 214, 339, 361

Wallace, Chris, 44–45, 107

Walsh, Katie, 22–23, 25

Washington, George, 246, 253

Washington Memorial, 328

Washington Post

on Access Hollywood tape, 29–30

on Afghanistan, 254

on Cohn resignation, 339

on Dowd resignation, 356

on Flynn/Russian ambassador discussions, 80–81

on immigration, 318

on Kushner finances, 194

on Mueller investigation, 172, 198

on nuclear weapons, 301

on Porter domestic abuse allegations, 336

Watergate, 165, 171, 173, 215, 352, 360

weakness/strength, Trump’s concern about, xxii, 12, 34, 37, 66, 149, 152, 169, 175, 176, 214, 223, 242, 244, 247, 268, 281

West Palm Beach, Trump International Golf Club at, 316

Westerhout, Madeleine, 157, 218, 265–66, 286

White House

Blue Room, 104

Cabinet Room, 251, 317, 337

Diplomatic Reception Room, 242

Green Room, 317

Lincoln Bedroom, 328

Red Room (White House residence), 76

residence, presidential, 20, 31, 76, 148, 195, 201, 230, 242, 243, 266, 272, 328, 345

Rose Garden, 194

South Lawn, 323

White House staff

concerns about Trump’s erratic nature, 226, 232, 252

disorder and disruption among, 144, 190, 210–12, 231, 235, 236–37, 261–66, 268–69, 270–71, 287

Kelly’s senior staff meetings, 285–86

management of Trump by, xvii–xxii, 140–42, 158, 191, 195, 233, 264, 265, 268–69, 270–71

national security advisor, replacement of Flynn as, 86–90

Porter’s appointment as staff secretary, 138–39

relationship of Trump with, 235–36

on trade/trade deficits/trade agreements, 134–43

transition period, staffing in, 47–54, 58–60, 66

white supremacist march in Charlottesville, VA, 238–44

Whitewater, 352

WikiLeaks, 28, 30, 36

Willey, Kathleen, 38

Winter Olympics (2018), South Korea, 308

wiretaps

Mueller investigation, Trump’s concern about, 174

Obama accused of wiretapping Trump Tower, 103–4

“witch hunt,” Russian election interference reports/investigation referred to as, 65, 174, 330

Wolff, Michael, 297

Woodward, Bob, xxii, 42–43, 44–45, 60–61, 69, 70, 71, 92, 177–78, 308

World Economic Forum, Trump speech at (January 2018), 298–99

World Trade Organization (WTO), 264, 276

World War I, 280

WTO (World Trade Organization), 264, 276

Xi Jinping, 47, 151, 232, 340, 341, 342

Yates, Sally, 80, 329, 345

Yemen

Hezbollah in, 109

SEAL Team Six operation against al Qaeda collaborator in, 72–75, 76

Young, Don, 170

Zinni, Anthony, 82

Zuckerberg, Mark, 190

AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS: 27

J.T. Armstrong (U.S. Air Force): 5

Joyce Boghosian (The White House): 1

D. Myles Cullen (The White House): 26

Shealah Craighead (Official White House photographer): 8

Glenn Fawcett (U.S. Customs and Border Patrol): 7

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): 22

James E. Foehl (U.S. Navy): 11

Peter Foley (Bloomberg via Getty Images): 20

Michelle Gonzalez (U.S. Army National Guard): 21

Andrew Harrer (Bloomberg via Getty Images): 20

Saul Loeb (AFP/Getty Images): 19

Office of the President Elect: 9

Dominique A. Pineiro (U.S. Navy): 4, 14

Gage Skidmore: 2, 6, 10, 15, 17, 25

Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images): 12, 18

Pete Souza (Oficial White House Photographer): 23

The State Department: 3

Evan Walker (The White House): 13

The White House: 16

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