Fear: Trump in the White House

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

Article II powers of president and, 326, 328, 350, 356

authority of, 169, 171

collusion (See Russia, collusion with)

Comey and, 326, 327, 328, 331

conclusion of, 325

corrupt intent as focus of, 346, 350

Deutsche Bank, records subpoenaed from, 326–27

documentation submitted to, 171–73, 198–99

Dowd's recommendation that Trump not testify, 332–33, 351–56

Dowd's resignation and, 356–57

Dowd's strategies for dealing with, 324–33, 343–56

executive privilege and, 351

Flynn and, 169, 170, 173, 198, 327–30

grand jury subpoena of president threatened, 343–45, 348

hindering ability to act as president, Trump's complaints about, 324–25

on Kushner finances, 194

legal representation of Trump in, 167–73

lies and lying, 4, 299, 347, 348, 352, 357

obstruction of justice, 169, 173, 345, 350, 357

perjury traps set by, 348, 350, 357

presidential campaign, alleged meetings with Russians during, 172–73, 197–98

presidential testimony sought by, questions submitted for, 327–33, 343–51

recusal of Sessions, 168, 176, 213, 216

Sessions and, 327

specific matters being investigated, 172–73

Trump and Dowd practicing testimony before, 327–33, 345–46

Trump finances, investigation of, 199–201

Muir, David, 33, 34

Mulvaney, Mick, 290, 292

Murdoch, Rupert, 20

Murkowski, Lisa, 206

Muslim ban, 100

MV-22 Osprey, loss of, 73

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 135, 142, 155–58, 160, 233, 264, 274

National Economic Council (NEC), 59–60, 112, 141, 143, 189, 278

National Guard troops, as border security, 342

National ICE Council, 283

national security, steel and aluminum imports as threat to, 160, 337

National Security Agency (NSA), 27, 70, 180

National Security Council (NSC)

Afghanistan War, meetings and strategizing on, 117–21, 124–26, 254

foreign policy presentations, lack of organizing principle for, 195–96

Iran nuclear deal and, 130

KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, 265, 305–8

Middle East, Harvey as director for, 108–14

nuclear North Korea, McMaster on Trump and, 280

process for, 228–29, 310

Russian meddling in election and, 28

Syria, chemical attack in, 149–50

Tillerson accused by McMaster of failing to consult with, 211

Trump insulting McMaster in front of, 307

National Security Strategy, 297

National Trade Council, 134, 140

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 76–79, 124, 132, 305, 307, 310

Navarro, Peter, 134–35, 140–41, 142–43, 155, 156, 157, 265, 266, 274, 275, 277–78, 334, 335, 336–37

Nazis and neo-Nazis, 238, 239, 240, 243, 246, 250, 251

NBC, 2, 29–30, 32, 38, 164

NEC (National Economic Council), 59–60, 112, 141, 143, 189, 278

Neller, Robert B., 246

neo-Nazis, 238, 239, 240, 243, 246, 250, 251

Netanyahu, Benjamin, 110

The New Republic, 25

New York Daily News, 20

New York Times

on Afghanistan, 254

on agricultural trade with China, 159

on Comey firing, 164

on Dowd resignation, 356

on immigration, 318

interviews with Trump, 65, 280

on Mueller investigation, 172, 197, 198

on Porter domestic abuse allegations, 336

on presidential campaign, 8–9, 10, 11, 14, 24

on Russian contacts with Trump associates, 83–85, 145

on Russian election interference, 65

Sessions attacked by Trump in, 213

on tax reform, 287

Trump’s views on, 14

on Ukrainian funds paid to Manafort, 21–22

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

New York Times v. Sullivan, 318–19

Nicholson, John, 221–22, 311–12, 313

Nielsen, Kirstjen, 284

9/11 terrorist attacks, 51, 52, 108, 116, 119, 121–22, 127, 128, 177, 254–56, 314

Nixon, Richard, 13, 164, 166, 173, 216, 352, 360

Nobel Prize, 95, 233

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 135, 142, 155–58, 160, 233, 264, 274

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 76–79, 124, 132, 305, 307, 310

North Carolina, presidential election campaign in, 43, 45

North Korea, nuclear proliferation in

assassination/replacement of Kim Jong Un, proposals regarding, 181–84, 282

backchannel diplomacy between U.S. and North Korea, 95–97

Bannon on, 259

Bolton on regime change in North Korea, 87

cyber attacks and, 92, 93, 97–98, 280

Graham on, 99–105, 281–82, 302

KORUS and, xvii–xxii, xxiii, 105–7, 142, 264, 304–8

McCain on, 99–105

missile delivery capabilities, CIA conclusions on, 308

Obama administration concerns about, 91–98, 103, 105, 177, 301

PIE (Peninsula Intelligence Estimate), 183

planning contingent U.S. responses to, 181–85

preemptive military strike, study of effectiveness of, 92–93, 94–95

pressure campaign and deterrence/containment strategies, 279–80

“Rocket Man”/”Little Rocket Man” comments, 280, 281, 282

secretiveness of intelligence community about, 177–81