Fear: Trump in the White House

testing, 178–81

Tillerson on, 179, 180, 229, 282

Trump threatening regime over, 282–83

Trump’s public statements about, 95, 280–81, 282–83, 300–302

Trump’s U.N. General Assembly address (September 2017), 280–81

U.N. Security Council sanctions, 232

U.S., North Korean view of, 96

U.S. citizens imprisoned in North Korea, 96

U.S. travel restrictions and, 180

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

NSC. See National Security Council

nuclear weapons. See also North Korea, nuclear proliferation in

Air Force research and design tests, 308

Hiroshima, 181

Iran, nuclear deal with, 111, 129–33

Iraq, WMD allegations against, 64

nuclear button, Trump’s Tweet about, 300–301

Obama’s fears about, 308

in Pakistan, 94

promise to modernize U.S. capabilities, 65

Russia and, 60–61, 132

Obama, Barack

Afghanistan War under, 116, 117–18, 120, 122, 127, 128, 222, 255, 260, 316

Brennan and, 183

Charlottesville and, 239, 243

Hillary Clinton and, 45–46

on election night, 45–46

Graham on mess left by, 316

immigration under, 185, 207, 318

Iran nuclear deal and, 129, 131

Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (2009), 95

North Korea and, 91–98, 103, 105, 177, 301

nuclear weapon fears of, 308

Paris Climate Accord and, 189

presidential election campaign and, 2, 23, 27–28, 44

Russian campaign meddling/collusion and, 60, 61, 62, 64, 68, 80, 81, 83, 330

Syria and, 146, 147, 149, 152, 153

tax reform and, 293

trade/trade deficit/trade agreements and, 139

transgender troops and, 201

in transition period, 49, 53, 54, 60, 61, 62, 64, 68

wiretapping Trump Tower, accusations of, 103–4

Yemen operation considered by, 72

Obama, Michelle, 64, 68

Obamacare, 101, 206, 234

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

Old Naval Observatory, 82–83

Olympics (Winter, 2018), South Korea, 308

100th day in office, 155

O’Neill, Rob, 243

Operation Desert Storm, 117

OPLAN 5015, 184

OPLAN 5027, 183

oppositional defiance syndrome, 66

Osama bin Laden, 108, 116

Oval Office meetings

on Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, 310

Bossert on trade with China, 339

Cohn disquiet over Charlottesville, 249

Cohn resignation, 338

with Chris Crane, 283

disorder and disruption in, 263–64

on firing of Comey, 162

with Graham, 101

on immigration, 320

on Iran nuclear deal, 131

Kelly in, 265–66, 283, 284

KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, xvii, xx, xxi, 105

on Libya, 230

on NAFTA, 155–58

on North Korea, xvii, xx

on Paris Climate Accord, 191, 193

PDB briefs, 27, 110, 300

privacy in, 265–66

with Sessions, 216

on Syria, between Bannon and Trump, 149

on tariffs, 160, 334

on tax reform, 290

Tillerson belittling Stephen Miller in, 133

Owens, Bill, 73–74

Owens, Carryn, 74–75

Owens, William “Ryan,” 73, 74, 75

Pakistan

Afghanistan War and, 116, 118, 119, 123–27, 312–13, 314

Haqqani Network in, 258

India as counterweight to, 146

nuclear weapons, 94

Trump on, 300

Panetta, Leon, 53

Papadopoulos, George, 348

Paris Climate Accord, 189–94

pass-throughs, 292, 295

PDB (President’s Daily Brief), 27, 110, 300

Pence, Mike

Access Hollywood tape and, 31, 33

on Afghanistan, 122, 123–24

on Charlottesville, 240, 250, 251, 253–54

Flynn lying to, 82, 329

job numbers and, 175

on NAFTA, 155, 156

in presidential campaign, 31, 33, 44

Russian campaign interference/collusion/Mueller investigation, 81

Saudi Arabia and, 114

on tariffs, 277

on tax reform, 295

Peninsula Intelligence Estimate (PIE), 183

Pentagon

on Afghanistan, 117, 119, 257, 312, 313

foreign policy, Bannon’s efforts to coordinate, 196

foreign policy, lunch and Tank meeting on, 218–26

on North Korea, 94, 106, 177–78, 183–84, 280, 302

permanent government institutions, power of, 162

on Russian nuclear capabilities, 60

Saudis and, 113

on Syria, 146, 149, 154

the Tank/Gold Room, 218, 219, 227

transgender troops, 201–3

Perdue, Sonny, 157, 158

perjury traps, in Mueller investigation, 348, 350, 357

Perry, Rick, 112

Petraeus, David, 87

PIE (Peninsula Intelligence Estimate), 183

Podesta, John, 30, 36

political correctness, 242

Politico, 253

polls, in presidential campaign

KEY2ACT meeting, straw poll at, 42–43

Trump’s standing in, 17, 22, 42–43, 45

views on state of country in, 15

polygraphs, 64

Pompeo, Mike, 110, 123, 132, 179, 180, 254, 255, 257–58, 323

populism and populist movement, 2, 4, 5, 13, 25, 237, 298

Porter, Rob

Afghanistan and, 314, 315

on Charlottesville, 240–44, 247, 252

on coordination failure in White House, 261–63, 265, 266, 271

foreign wars strategy and, 229–30

hiring of, 138–39

Kelly and, 261–63, 268–69, 284, 285, 286–87

KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, xix–xxii, 233, 264, 265

McMaster and, 210, 211, 229, 230

on NAFTA, 155–58

on Navarro, 277, 278

North Korea and, 300

on Paris Climate Accord, 190–91, 193

presidential schedule and, 230–31

resignation after domestic abuse allegations, 336

on “Rocket Man” comment, 281

Russian election interference/collusion/Mueller investigation and, 165, 166, 174, 268–69, 270, 271

on Sessions recusal, 176, 216

on tariffs, 159, 160–61, 175, 206, 266–67, 273, 334–36

Tillerson and, 211, 212

on trade/trade agreements/trade deficit, 140, 141–42, 143, 276

Trump’s relationship with, 138–39, 204–5, 271

Porter, Roger, 138

U.S.S Porter, 150