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16 very public walk: Politico Staff, “Kushner Takes a Walk with McDonough, Stoking Chief of Staff Speculation,” Politico, July 29, 2020, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/jared-kushner-chief-of-staff-trump-cabinet-231182.

17 joining the Marines: John Avlon, “Gen Xer Joins the U.S. Marines,” New York Sun, December 27, 2005, https://www.nysun.com/opinion/gen-xer-joins-the-usmarines/24995/.

17 think tank report: Matthew Pottinger, Michael T. Flynn, and Paul D. Batchelor, “Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan,” Center for a New American Security, January 4, 2005, https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/fixing-intel-a-blue-print-for-making-intelligence-relevant.

21 behind the 2012 attack: Matthew Rosenberg, Mark Mazzetti, and Eric Schmitt, “In Trump’s Security Pick, Michael Flynn, ‘Sharp Elbows’ and No Dissent (Published 2016),” New York Times, December 3, 2016, sec. U.S., https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/politics/in-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn-experience-meets-a-prickly-past.html.

22 Rice testified: US Congress, Executive Session of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, interview of Susan Rice, September 8, 2017, 46–47, https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/sr44.pdf.

2. ALL ABOARD

27 withdrew the United States: “Presidential Memorandum Regarding Withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Agreement,” White House, January 23, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-regarding-withdrawal-united-states-trans-pacific-partnership-negotiations-agreement/.

27 national security decision-making: Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman, “Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals,” New York Times, January 29, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-national-security-council.html.

28 cheap labor in China: Shawn Boburg and Emily Rauhala, “Stephen K. Bannon Once Guided a Global Firm That Made Millions Helping Gamers Cheat,” Washington Post, August 4, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/steve-bannon-once-guided-a-global-firm-that-made-millions-helping-gamers-cheat/2017/08/04/ef7ae442-76c8-11e7-803f-a6c989606ac7_story.html.

29 emails surfaced: Michael S. Schmidt, Sharon LaFraniere, and Scott Shane, “Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia,” New York Times, December 2, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/russia-mcfarland-flynn-trump-emails.html.

32 a huge argument with Cohn: Demetri Sevastopulo and Shawn Donnan, “White House Civil War Breaks Out over Trade,” Financial Times, March 10, 2017, https://www.ft.com/content/badd42ce-05b8-11e7-ace0-1ce02ef0def9.

32 two-page memo: Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2018), 165.

38 “said in 2001”: “Zhu Rongji on Sino-US Relations,” China Daily, October 4, 2001, http://www.china.org.cn/english/2001/Oct/20021.htm.

39 it had been revealed: Suzanne Craig, “Jared Kushner, a Trump In-Law and Adviser, Chases a Chinese Deal,” New York Times, January 7, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/us/politics/jared-kushner-trump-business.html.

41 several years later: “The Aspen Strategy Group Presents: The Struggle for Power: U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century,” Aspen Institute, January 13, 2020, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/the-struggle-for-power-u-s-china-relations-in-the-21st-century/.

41 official White House statement: “Readout of the President’s Call with President Xi Jinping of China,” White House, February 9, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/readout-presidents-call-president-xi-jinping-china/.

42 give a speech: “Remarks by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Alex Wong at the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei Hsieh Nien Fan,” American Institute in Taiwan, March 21, 2018, https://www.ait.org.tw/remarks-deputy-assistant-secretary-state-alex-wong-american-chamber-commerce-taipei-hsieh-nien-fan/.

3. MAR-A-LAGO AND BEYOND

48 he made news: Michael Kranish, “Trump’s China Whisperer: How Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman Has Sought to Keep the President Close to Beijing,” Washington Post, March 12, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-china-whisperer-how-billionaire-stephen-schwarzman-has-sought-to-keep-the-president-close-to-beijing/2018/03/11/67e369a8-0c2f-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html.

48 When asked later: Jason Kelly, “How Blackstone’s CEO Made It Through Wall Street’s Most Turbulent Decade,” Bloomberg, June 6, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-blackstone-steve-schwarzman-interview/.

48 liked to brag: Kranish, “Trump’s China Whisperer.”

48 in his own book: Stephen A. Schwarzman, What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence (New York: Avid Reader Press /Simon and Schuster, 2019).

50 told the Wall Street Journal: Gerard Baker, Carol E. Lee, and Michael C. Bender, “Trump Says He Offered China Better Trade Terms in Exchange for Help on North Korea,” Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2017, https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-offered-china-better-trade-terms-in-exchange-for-help-on-north-korea-1492027556.

51 tweeted out a video: Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump), “Very proud of Arabella and Joseph for their performance in honor of President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan’s official visit to the US!,” Twitter video, April 7, 2017, 4:20 p.m., https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/850488492828360704.

51 approved three provisional trademarks: Associated Press, “Ivanka Trump Won Chinese Trademarks the Same Day She Dined with China’s President,” Los Angeles , April 18, 2017, https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ivanka-trump-brand-20170418-story.html.

52 often would approve: Bob Davis and Lingling Wei, “Superpower Showdown: How the Battle between Trump and Xi Threatens a New Cold War,” June 2020, 157.

52 statement released later by the White House: “Statement from the Press Secretary on the United States-China Visit,” White House, April 7, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-united-states-china-visit/.

54 Chinese food export scandals: Maria Godoy, “Chinese Chicken Is Headed to America, but It’s Really All About the Beef,” NPR, May 12, 2017, https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/12/528139468/chinese-chicken-is-headed-to-america-but-its-really-all-about-beef.

55 told reporters on May 12: Martin Crutsinger, “China, U.S. Reach Agreement on Beef, Poultry and Natural Gas,” Chicago Tribune, May 12, 2017, https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-china-us-trade-agreement-beef-poultry-natural-gas-20170512-story.html.

55 entered into a joint venture: Ben Schreckinger, “Wilbur Ross’s Chinese Love Affair,” Politico, January 2, 2017, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/wilbur-rosss-chinese-love-affair-214590.

55 the campaign on trade: Peter Navarro and Wilbur Ross, Scoring the Trump Economic Plan: Trade, Regulatory, & Energy Policy Impacts, September 29, 2016, https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/Trump_Economic_Plan.pdf.

56 impose tariffs was in 1986: Rachel F. Fefer and Vivian C. Jones, Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, In Focus IF10667 (Congressional Research Service, 2020), https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IF10667.pdf.