Fear: Trump in the White House

“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

McConnell, Mitch, 11, 104, 159, 187, 248, 291, 295

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 and, 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