by Doug Wead
Merkel, Angela, 1, 2, 3
Messing, Debra, 1
Mexico, 1
Michigan, 1, 2
middle class. See American middle class
Midyear Exam investigation, 1
Miller, Amanda, 1
Miller, Jason, 1
Miller, Stephen, 1
Miller, Zeke, 1
Mills Brothers, 1
Minnelli, Liza, 1
Mirijanian, Peter, 1
Mnuchin, Steve, 1
monopolies, corporate globalist, 1, 2
Monroe, James, 1
Monroe Doctrine of 1823, 1
Moody’s Analytics, 1
Mook, Robby, 1, 2, 3
Moore, Michael, 1
Morgan, Piers, 1
MSNBC, 1
Mueller, Robert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Mueller investigation Democrat’s expectations of, 1
indictments during, 1
infamous “Trump Tower meeting,” 1
length of, 1
media on, 1
team for, 1
Trump summarizing, 1
Mueller Report Barr’s summary, 1
findings of, 1, 2
Mulvaney on, 1
Trump’s reaction to, 1
White House response to, 1
Muir, David, 1
Mullen, Mike, 1
Mulvaney, Mick, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Musk, Elon, 1
Muslim immigration, 1
Mussolini, Benito, 1
Muthana, Hoda, 1
Mycoskie, Blake, 1
Nadler, Jerry, 1
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 See also United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Napoleon Bonaparte, 1
Naruhito, Emperor, 1
National Cathedral, 1
national Christmas tree, 1
National Prayer Breakfast, 1
NATO, 1, 2, 3
NBC, as Trump’s biggest political enemy, 1
NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, 1
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 1, 2
Nevada, 1, 2
New Destiny Christian Center, 1
New Hampshire, 1
New York City, 1
New York Stock Exchange, 1
New York Times, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Nielsen, Kirstjen, 1, 2
Nigeria, 1
Nixon, Richard, 1, 2, 3
Noah, Trevor, 1
Nobel Peace Prize, 1
Normandy, D-day landing in, 1
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), 1
North Carolina, 1, 2, 3
North Korea. See also Kim Jong-un China and, 1, 2 famine in, 1
Kristoff on, 1
missile program, 1
as nuclear threat, 1, 2
Obama’s advice to Trump, 1, 2
Saigon Summit, 1
sanctions imposed on, 1
Singapore Summit, 1
United Nations resolutions against, 1
war with, 1
#NotMyPresident, 1
nuclear arsenal, depletion of, 1
nuclear threats, 1, 2
Obama, Barack. See also Obama administration apologizing to hostage families, 1
Assad and, 1
birth certificate controversy, 1
branding slogans of, 1
breaking promises, 1
comparing ISIS to Crusades, 1
economic predictions, 1
evangelical vote, 1
intelligence of, 1
Iran payment, 1
ISIS strategy, 1
leaving White House, 1
Libyan war, 1
Merkel and, 1
mocking Trump on campaign trail, 1
Monroe Doctrine and, 1
on moving American embassy to Jerusalem, 1
North Korea policy, 1, 2, 3
October surprise, 1
openly mocking Trump, 1
Oval Office intelligence briefing, 1
Paris climate accords and, 1
paying for hostages, 1, 2
spying on Trump, 1
Syria’s use of chemical weapons and, 1
taking new jobs credit, 1
Trump and, 1, 2, 3
Obama, Michelle, 1, 2, 3
Obama administration eavesdropping on Merkel, 1 Flynn and, 1
ISIS and, 1
PC (political correctness) meetings, 1
Russia sanctions, 1
turnover rates, 1
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, 1
Occupy movement, 1
Occupy Wall Street, 1
October surprise, 1
O’Donnell, Lawrence, 1, 2
O’Donnell, Norah, 1
Ohio, 1
Olbermann, Keith, 1
Oliver, John, 1
One China policy, 1
opioid crisis, 1
Oprah (television show), 1
O’Reilly, Bill, 1
Organization of American States (OAS), 1
Orlando, Florida, 1
Osteen, Joel, 1
outsider president, Trump as, 1
Oval Office. See also White House author’s visit to, 1
description of, 1
Resolute desk, 1, 2
Özkan, Ebru, 1
Page, Lisa, 1, 2, 3
Palin, Sarah, 1
Pantsuit Nation, 1
Paris climate accords, 1
Paris Match, 1
Parscale, Brad as campaign’s digital director, 1
certain of win, 1
convincing media of Trump win, 1
data modeling, 1, 2, 3, 4
distributing remaining campaign resources, 1
Donald and, 1, 2
on election night, 1, 2
on ghost voters, 1
Pence and, 1
Trump skeptical of data modeling, 1
Patton, Lynne, 1, 2
Paul, Rand, 1, 2, 3
pay-to-play scheme, 1
Peale, Norman Vincent, 1
Pelley, Scott, 1
Pelosi, Nancy, 1
Peña Nieto, Enrique, 1, 2
Pence, Karen, 1
Pence, Mike calling for Brunson release, 1, 2
on campaign trail, 1
interrupting author’s meeting with Trump, 1
at “Keep It Great” rally, 1
Parscale and, 1
as running mate, 1
Thune and, 1
at Wisconsin rally, 1
Peng Liyuan, 1
Peninsula Hotel, 1, 2, 3
Pennsylvania, 1, 2
People’s Republic of China. See China
Perkins, Tony, 1
Perkins Coie law firm, 1
Philadelphia Daily News, 1
Philip, Prince, 1
Pierson, Katrina, 1, 2, 3, 4
pink pussy hats, 1
Pirro, Jeanine, 1, 2
“Plan to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” memorandum, 1
Planned Parenthood, 1
Plaza Hotel, 1
Podesta, John, 1, 2, 3, 4
politicians, benefiting from lobbyists, 1
Politico, 1
politics, American-style, evolution of, 1
polling ABC-Washington Post poll, 1
AP exit polls, 1
conspiracy of, 1
exit poll surveys, 1, 2
ghost voters and, 1
NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, 1
oversampling, 1
strategies, 1
USC-Los Angeles Times poll, 1
Pompeo, Mike, 1, 2, 3
Portland, Oregon, 1
The Power of Positive Thinking (Peale), 1
Presbyterian Sunday School Board, 1
presidential children. See also individual Trump children as ambassadors, 1
Clinton, Chelsea, 1
Eisenhower, John, 1
Ford, Jack, 1
Kennedy, Caroline, 1
loving their White House years, 1
role of,
1
Secret Service and, 1
Warren G. Harding’s daughter, 1
Wead on, 1
presidential debates Bill Clinton’s victims at, 1, 2
Clinton mocking Trump, 1
microphone issues, 1
Trump Jr. on, 1
presidential ranking systems, 1, 2, 3
presidents/presidency. See also individual presidents administration turnovers as common, 1
benefiting from lobbyists, 1
branding slogans of, 1
breaking promises, 1
concern for their children on university
campuses, 1
honeymoon period, 1
as liars, 1
wars defining, 1
Priebus, Reince, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Prince, Erik, 1
protests abandoning pink pussy hats, 1
anti-Trump riots, 1
“anyone but Trump” appeal, 1
Black Lives Matter, 1
inauguration, 1
new era of violent, 1
Pantsuit Nation, 1
in Portland, 1
“Unite for America” movement, 1
Women’s March, 1, 2, 3
public. See American public
Public Broadcasting Service, 1
pundits. See also media attacking Trump, 1, 2
British, 1
on ISIS, 1
on Ivanka Trump, 1
on Jimmy Carter, 1
on nuclear war, 1
recovering from election, 1
on Trump’s lead in polls, 1, 2
Putin, Vladimir Helsinki summit, 1
as Trump’s handler, 1
Quayle, Dan, intelligence of, 1
Raddatz, Martha, 1
Rapoza, Kenneth, 1
Rather, Dan, 1, 2
Reagan, Nancy, 1, 2, 3
Reagan, Ronald administration turnovers, 1
ending Cold War, 1
as experienced politician, 1
intelligence of, 1
invading Grenada, 1
presidential election night, 1
redefining American hostage policy, 1
Supreme Court nominees, 1
tax reform, 1, 2
Wead and, 1
weekly lunch with vice president, 1
Reagan, Ronald, Jr., 1
regulations, 1
Renwick Gallery, 1
Republican base, 1, 2, 3
Republican debates. See GOP debates
Republican establishment, 1, 2, 3, 4
Republican National Committee, 1, 2
Republican National Convention, 1, 2
Republican Party, 1, 2, 3
Res, Barbara, 1
The Resistance birth of, 1
leaders of, 1
overt acts of, 1
Resolute desk, 1, 2
The Restless Wave (McCain), 1
Rhee, Jeannie, 1
Rice, Susan, 1
Richelieu, Cardinal, 1
Robbins, James S., 1
Robison, James, 1, 2
Rodman, Dennis, 1
Rodriguez, Alex, 1
Rolling Stone magazine, 1
Rolling Stones, 1
Romney, Mitt, 1, 2, 3
Romney McDaniel, Ronna, 1
Roosevelt, Alice, 1, 2
Roosevelt, Anna, 1
Roosevelt, Franklin, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Roosevelt, Jimmy, 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1, 2, 3
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 1
Roosevelt Room, 1, 2
Rosenstein, Rod, 1
Rove, Karl, 1, 2, 3
Rubio, Marco, 1, 2, 3
Russia extradition treaties, 1
North Korea and, 1
Russia, violating Monroe Doctrine, 1
Russia Direct Investment Fund, 1
Russian collusion theory. See also Mueller investigation advantages of, 1
Comey and, 1
detracting from deregulation process, 1
McCain and, 1
Obama and, 1
origins of, 1
Ryan, April, 1
Ryan, Paul, 1, 2, 3
Sabato, Larry, 1
Saigon Summit, 1
Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 1, 2
Saint Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis Tennessee, 1
Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 1
Salvini, Matteo, 1
San Francisco, California, 1
San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1
Sanders, Bernie, 1, 2, 3
Sanders, Sarah at Buckingham Palace, 1
supporting author, 1
Trump and, 1
at Trump-author luncheon, 1, 2, 3, 4
on Trump’s history, 1
Wead and, 1
Santucci, John, 1
Saturday Night Live, 1, 2, 3
Saudi Arabia, 1
Save the Refugees, 1
Sawyer, Diane, 1
Scalia, Antonin, 1
Scaramucci, Anthony, 1
Scarborough, Joe, 1
Scavino, Dan, 1
Schieffer, Bob, 1
Schiff, Adam, 1
Schiller, Keith, 1, 2
Schindler, John, 1
Schmidt, Eric, 1, 2
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1
Schumer, Chuck, 1
Scott, Darrell, 1
Secret Service, 1, 2, 3, 4
Sessions, Jeff, 1, 2
sex trafficking, 1
Shaheen, Jeanne, 1
Sheen, Martin, 1
Sheffield, Gary, 1
Sheraton Paris Airport Hotel and Conference Centre, 1
Shine, Bill, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Shook, Theresa, 1
silent voters. See ghost voters
Singapore Summit, 1
Sinjar, Iraq, 1
Slovenia, 1
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1
Smollett, Jussie, 1
Snoop Dogg, 1
Soros, George, 1, 2
Souter, David, 1
South Korea, 1
Soylu, Suleyman, 1
Spanish-American War, 1
Spero, Jack, 1
Spicer, Sean, 1
Spinola, Stephen, 1
Stalin, Joseph, 1
Stalin comparison, 1
Stanford University, 1
State of the Union speech, 1
Steele, Christopher, 1, 2
Steele dossier, 1
Stefani, Gwen, 1
Steinbrenner, Christina, 1
Steinbrenner, George, 1, 2
Steinbrenner, Hal, 1
Stelter, Brian, 1
Stephanopoulos, George, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Stepien, Bill, 1, 2, 3
Stevens, Stuart, 1
Stirewalt, Chris, 1
Stoltenberg, Jena, 1
Stone, Roger, 1
Strait of Hormuz, 1
Strawberry, Darrell, 1
Strzok, Peter, 1, 2, 3
Summers, Carry, 1
Summers, Larry, 1, 2
Sun Tzu, 1
Sununu, John, 1
Supreme Court, U.S. brutal nomination process, 1
Democratic Party’s response to nominees, 1
evangelicals and, 1
nominees, 1, 2
overturning Enron convictions, 1
reshaping, 1
Trump’s national leaders’ meeting on upcoming appointments, 1
unrepresentative of American people, 1
Swaggart, Jimmy, 1
swollen feet, 1
Syria, 1, 2, 3
Tapper, Jake, 1, 2, 3
tariffs, 1
tax dollars, funding other nations’ government programs, 1
tax inversions, 1
tax reform, 1, 2, 3
Tchen, Tina, 1
Telford, Katie, 1
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, 1
THADD anti-missile system, 1
Thatcher, Margaret, 1
‘think big’ principle, 1
13 Hours (film), 1
Thrush, Glenn, 1
Thune, John, 1
Tillerson, Rex, 1
Tillis, Thom, 1, 2
Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, 1
Tito, Josip, 1
Tolstoy, Leo, 1
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 1
Townsend, Karen, 1
trade deficits, 1, 2
trade wars, 1
transgender military policy, 1
Travis Air Force Base, 1
Trudeau, Justin, 1, 2
Truman, Harry, 1, 2
Trump, Barron. See also Trump family birth of, 1 on election night, 1
height of, 1
inauguration experience, 1, 2
media attacks on, 1
Melania’s devotion to, 1
parents (See Trump, Donald; Trump, Melania)
Trump, Carolina Dorothy, 1
Trump, Donald. See also Trump family ability to brand someone, 1 The Art of the Deal, 1, 2, 3
as a big thinker, 1
as “blue collar billionaire,” 1
branding slogans of, 1
brother of, 1
as a builder, 1, 2
children (See Kushner, Ivanka; Trump, Barron; Trump, Donald, Jr.; Trump, Eric; Trump, Tiffany)
crediting individuals, 1
father of, 1, 2
frustration with politicians, 1
Hitler comparison, 1, 2
on inauguration day (See Inauguration Day)
living in Paris, 1
as magnet for public criticism, 1
mother’s influence, 1
Norman Vincent Peale and, 1
Obama and, 1, 2, 3
as patient listener, 1, 2
Paula White and (See White, Paula)
as president (See Trump, Donald, as
president; Trump administration)
presidential ambitions (See Trump’s presidential ambitions)
as presidential candidate (See Trump, Donald, as candidate)
presidential run decision, 1, 2
pursuit of power, 1
real estate success, 1
relating to regular people, 1
as Russian spy, 1
television entertainment success, 1
‘think big’ principle, 1
wife (See Trump, Melania)
Trump, Donald, as candidate. See also Election Day; Election Night; presidential debates; Trump campaign
acceptance speech, 1, 2
Access Hollywood scandal, 1, 2, 3