Fear: Trump in the White House

Tenet, George, 64, 182, 183

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea, xxi–xxii, 106, 224, 285, 304

This Week (TV show), 340

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

301 investigation into Chinese intellectual property violations, 272–73, 336, 337

3M, 248

Thune, John, 293, 295

Tiberius Gracchus, Trump compared to, 25

Tillerson, Rex

on Afghanistan, 125, 260

decision memos, on not being consulted about, 287

on disorder in White House, 211–12

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

on Iran nuclear deal, 129–33

KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, 264, 305, 307

Mattis and, 132, 210–11

McMaster and, 154, 210–12, 228–29, 303–4

moron, describing Trump as, 225, 227, 228

on North Korea, 179, 180, 229, 282

NSC process and, 228–29

on Paris Climate Accord, 192

Priebus and, 211–12, 227–28, 287–88

recruitment as secretary of state, 54

removal as secretary of state, 323

resignation considered by, 227

on Saudi Arabia, 110, 112, 114, 303–4, 307

state department personnel disputes, 132–33

on Syrian air strike, 150, 154

Trump, relationship with, 227–28, 287–88, 323

Time magazine, 26

Time-Phased Force Deployment (TIPFID), 184

#TimesUp, 299–300

TIPFID (Time-Phased Force Deployment), 184

Tomahawk missiles, 148, 150, 151, 152, 178

Toomey, Pat, 293

TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership), withdrawal from, 139–40, 157

Trade Act of 1974, 272

trade/trade deficits/trade agreements

agricultural products, 158–61, 220, 341

antibiotics produced by China, 275

arms deals, 220

Bossert on trade with China, 339–42

coordination problems, 140–43

economy and trade deficit, relationship between, 137, 159, 275

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

free trade, Trump’s dislike of, 134, 218, 220

imports posing threat to national security, 160–61

intellectual property violations by China, 272–73, 336, 337

job losses and, 134, 135, 137

KORUS, Trump’s desire to terminate, xvii–xxii, xxiii, 105–7, 142, 224, 233, 264–65, 300, 304–8

NAFTA, 135, 142, 155–58, 160, 233, 264, 274

service versus industrial/manufacturing economy, 136–38

tariffs, 135, 142, 158–61, 174, 175, 207–9, 232–33, 266–67, 273–74, 277, 334–37, 339–42

TPP, withdrawal from, 139–40, 157

“Trade is Bad” note, 208

U.S. as trade-based economy, 56

White House staff and Trump’s views on, 134–43

WTO, 264, 276

transgender persons in the military, 201–3

transition period, 47–71

Priebus and election night, 47

resistance of Trump to planning/financing for, 42

Russia, Trump’s first briefing on, 62–71

White House staffing during, 47–54, 58–60, 66

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), withdrawal from, 139–40, 157

treason

Flynn’s denial of, 82

Trump accusing Cohn of, 249

Trump, Barron, 175, 299, 328

Trump, Donald. See also presidential election campaign; transition period; Twitter, Trump’s use of; specific issues, e.g. North Korea, nuclear proliferation in

abortion, views on, 3, 6

anger issues of, 253

apologies, difficulties with making, 34, 242, 244, 249

as “baby,” 14

bankruptcies of, 274–75

Bannon, breakdown in relationship with, 190, 297–301

called “dotard” by Kim Jong Un, 281

as change agent, 15, 297

crowdsourcing by, 231

diet of, 14

on election night, 45–47

erratic nature of, 226, 232, 252

“Executive Time” for, 266

failure to listen to advisers, 232

on fear, as real power, xiii, 175, 275, 300

fighting/pushing back, belief in, 12, 166, 174, 175, 243–44

finances, Mueller investigation of, 199–201

Graham, relationship with, 99–105

grievance, sense of, 299

impeachment discussed, 164–65, 355–56

impulsivity of, xix–xx, 89, 100, 231, 282

on lawyers, 268, 271, 354

leveraging abilities of, 288

as liar, 208–9, 235, 320, 338, 353, 357

loneliness of, 169

loyalty, importance of, 66, 138–39, 176, 268, 317

Mattis on, 83

media, influence of, 195, 231, 291

media, views on, 14, 86, 195, 356

military families and, 73–75

“moving in both directions” comment, 280

100th day in office, 155

permanent governmental institutions, understanding of power of, 162

persona of, 3, 25

personal appearance of, 66–67

presidency, definition of job of, xxii

rallies, fondness for, 271

refusals to pay, 16, 275

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

signing, fondness for, 263

staff, relationship with, 235–36

staff chaos and churn, enjoyment of, 287

stress experienced by, 266

tax returns, refusal to release, 356

television watching, obsessive, 158, 165, 195, 231, 270, 299, 339

as throwback to 1950s America, 136, 299

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

voting record of, 3–4

weakness/strength, concern about, xxii, 12, 34, 37, 66, 149, 152, 169, 175, 176, 214, 223, 242, 244, 247, 268, 281

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

Trump, Donald, Jr. (Don), 32, 35, 197, 198, 345, 349

Trump, Ivanka

Bannon and Priebus, problems with, 144–45, 189–90, 237

Charlottesville and, 245, 249

Comey, firing of, 163

on FBI seeking Kushner’s financial records, 163

as “first daughter,” 145

foreign wars, Trump’s desire to pull out of, 229–30

on immigration, 186, 187, 188

marriage to Jared Kushner, xx