Fear: Trump in the White House

Portman, Rob, 293

Powell, Dina, 150, 210

presidential election campaign. See also polls, in presidential campaign; Russian election interference

acceptance of Republican nomination, 8

Access Hollywood tape, 29–37, 39, 43

Bannon takeover of, 8–16, 19–24

Conway as campaign manager, 16–18, 24–25

debate preparation, 13

debate strategy, 26

debates, 35, 37, 38–40, 41

election night, 45–47

final ten days, 43–45

financing of, 40–42

headquarters of, 19–20

“the hidden Trump voter,” 24–25

Kushner’s role in, 40

meeting between Manafort and Bannon, 20–22

preliminary inquiries about (2010), 1–7

public track record of Trump and, 2–5

rallies during, 9, 11, 17, 31, 33, 35, 43, 45, 100, 213

speech announcing candidacy (2015), 11

strategy for, 25–26, 43–45

Presidential Records Act, 262

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

press. See media

Priebus, Reince

on Afghanistan, 120, 126

Bannon and, 48, 144, 145, 236–37

as chief of staff, 48, 144, 211

on disorder and disruption in White House, 261

firing of Comey and, 162, 163–64, 165

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

on Iran nuclear deal, 129–30, 131, 132–33

Kushner and Ivanka Trump, problems with, 144–45, 186, 189–90, 194–95, 217–18, 237

on Mattis, 227–28

McMaster and, 145–46

on NATO, 76, 77, 78

on North Korea, 100, 101, 102–3, 186

on Paris Climate Accord, 189–90, 192

in presidential election campaign, 10–12, 22–23, 25, 31–33, 36, 46

resignation of, 234–37

on Russian election interference, collusion, and Mueller investigation, 80–82, 83–85, 198, 329, 330, 352

on Saudi Arabia, 114

Scaramucci on, 234

Sessions, Trump attack on, 213–14, 216

on Syrian air strike, 144–46, 150

Tillerson and, 211–12, 227–28, 287–88

on trade/trade agreements/trade deficit, 138, 141–42, 143

on transgender troops, 201–2

in transition period, 55, 60, 68

Trump’s opinion of, 204–5

Trump’s relationship with, 235–36, 287–88

Twitter, efforts to control Trump’s use of, 204–6

on White House staff, 236–37

Prince, Erik, 122

Pruitt, Scott, 190–91, 192

pushing back/fighting, Trump’s belief in, 166, 174, 175, 176

Putin, Vladimir, 29, 47, 54, 60–61, 67, 77, 81, 147, 174, 325, 330

al Qaeda, 51, 72–75, 108, 112, 116, 256, 257

Qatar, 114, 210

Quarles, James “Jim,” 171, 199–200, 325, 327, 330, 333, 343, 347, 349

racial divide, Trump presidency viewed as rekindling, 252, 253. See also Charlottesville

Raddatz, Martha, 40, 342

Rajaratnam, Raj, 355

rallies

at Charlottesville, 240, 245 (See also Charlottesville)

in presidential election campaign, 9, 11, 17, 31, 33, 35, 43, 45, 100, 213

during Trump presidency, 134, 271, 355

Trump’s fondness for, 271

White House operations compared to, 231

RAND Corporation, 201

rare earth, 309

Reagan, Ronald, 181, 243, 267, 291, 352

Red Room (White House residence), 76

Renaissance Technologies, 10

Republican National Committee (RNC), 9, 10–11, 23–25, 31, 46–47, 218

Republican National Convention, 60

Republicans. See also individual Republicans by name

Bannon on, 298

on Charlottesville, 239, 248, 253

in Gang of Eight, 29, 62

Graham on bipartisanship, 103

Graham on state of Congressional majority, 101

immigration and, 267

momentum in 2010, 1

New York Times Republican sources on Trump, 8–9

presidential primaries, how to win, 2–6

Priebus and, 234

Sessions defended by, 215–16

tariffs and, 233

tax reform and, 267, 287, 290, 291, 292, 294

on Trump Tweets, 206

Trump winning presidential nomination for, 8, 9, 17

Trump’s relationship to, 17, 22, 24, 25, 26, 33, 41, 103, 298

residences, presidential

Camp David, 146, 254

Mar-a-Lago, 86, 88, 150, 151, 205, 299

White House, 20, 31, 76, 148, 195, 201, 230, 242, 243, 266, 272, 328, 345

Resolute Desk, Oval Office, xvii, xviii, 101, 160, 165, 208, 262, 338

Reuters, 95, 106, 325

Ri Chun-hee, 91–92

Ri Su-yong, 301

Rice, Condoleezza (Condi), 31, 185

Rice, Susan, 122

Richardson, John, 246

RNC (Republican National Committee), 9, 10–11, 23–25, 31, 46–47, 218

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

ROCKSTARS, 182

Roe v. Wade, 25

Rogers, Mike, 62, 180

Romney, Mitt, 17, 42, 239–40, 293

Roosevelt Room meetings, 124, 142, 156, 285

Rose, Pete, 168

Rose Garden (White House), 194

Rosenstein, Rod, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 174, 215, 349, 350

Ross, Wilbur, 140, 141, 143, 155–57, 159–61, 233, 265, 266, 274, 310–11, 334, 336–37

U.S.S. Ross, 150

Rubin, Robert, 59

Rubio, Marco, 17, 239, 294

Russia

cyber wars with, 339

economy of, compared to U.S. and China, 298

Flynn interview with Woodward on, 60–61

FSB, 28, 64

Iran and, 132

North Korean nuclear proliferation and, 179, 180

nuclear weapons and, 60–61, 132

prostitutes/”golden showers” accusation, 64–65, 68–71

Syria and, 28, 147, 149, 150–51, 153, 154

Trump’s first briefing on, 62–71

Ukrainian Trump campaign sabotage, propaganda about, 230

U.S. in Afghanistan and, 313

on war in Baltics, 132

Russia, collusion with. See also Mueller investigation

Dowd on lack of evidence for, 344–45, 357

as “fake news,” 164

FBI investigation of, 63

FBI refusal to deny Times story about, 83–85

Flynn’s denial of, 82