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AHCA and, 441
Boehner and, 57, 84, 95, 148, 175
Cantor loss to, 495
Cruz and, 167
demise of, 504
elections of 2010, 73–82, 93
elections of 2012 and, 111, 125, 193
elections of 2014 and, 193–95, 197–98, 200–201
elections of 2016 and, 217, 297
House of 2011–12 and, 86, 90, 95, 102
immigration reform bill and, 155, 159–62
rise of, 54–63, 108
Rubio and, 66
Ryan and, 200
Ryan-Murray budget deal and, 185
shutdown of 2013 and, 176, 179, 187
Trump and, 346, 404, 497
Tea Party Express, 76, 79, 81
Tea Party Nation, 75–76
Tea Party Patriots, 56, 161, 169, 194
tech companies, 405, 558
Teller, Paul, 184–85
Tennessee, 323, 491, 540
term limits, 74
terrorism, 36, 212, 261–62, 298, 330, 342, 430, 561
Tester, Jon, 533
Texas, 74–75, 111, 137, 167–69, 533–37, 545–47, 561, 582, 585, 589
theChive website, 270
“36 Hours on the Fake Campaign Trail with Trump” (Coppins), 215
This Week (TV show), 271, 355
Thompson, Fred, 11
three-strike laws, 562
Thune, John, 372
Thurmond, Paul, 73–74
Thurmond, Strom, 73
Tillerson, Rex, 410, 430, 473, 481, 486–87, 555–56
Tillis, Thom, 195, 603
Time, 56–57, 155, 225, 303, 448
Tlaib, Rashida, 575–76
Today (TV show), 472
Todd, Chuck, 429
Toomey, Pat, 142, 158
top one percent, 107, 330
Toronto Star, 537
torture, 10, 270, 525
Towey, Jim, 17
trade, 4–5, 18, 30, 38, 56, 98, 127, 133, 232–33, 259, 261, 298–300, 325, 346, 387, 419–20, 424–25, 431, 496–97, 504–5, 511, 525, 531, 505, 558, 580, 610. See also free trade; tariffs
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), 232
transgender rights, 214, 431
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 431
Treasury Department, 26, 27, 31, 102, 163, 175, 179, 410
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 28–29, 31–35, 56, 73, 76, 178, 195, 499
Trump, Donald, Jr., 337, 341
Trump Tower meeting and, 459, 481, 483, 606–7
Trump, Donald J.
abortion and, 98, 327, 431, 447
ACA and, 213, 431–35, 447
Access Hollywood tape and, 365–84, 387–88, 400
accomplishments of, 599, 608–9
agriculture bailout and, 496
AHCA battle and, 431–54
“American first” and, 425
America’s worst instincts and, 585–86
anonymous op-ed on, 516
appeal of presidency and, 608–9
approval ratings and, 1–2, 455, 475
background of, 96
Bannon and, 358–60, 448, 481, 484
Bannon firing and, 463–64
Barr defense of, 605–6
base and, 331, 346, 375, 491, 503–7, 528–30, 521, 525, 550, 592
base and, Congress vs., 454–55
base and, mobilization of, 386–87, 603
Bill Clinton attacked by, 370, 375
birtherism and, 6, 96–99, 524
border wall and, 212–13, 228, 431, 436, 582–83
border wall and, national emergency declared, 583–84, 603
border wall and, prayer rugs, 588–89
border wall and, shutdown of 2018–19, 560–62, 566–74, 582–85, 588–91
Brexit and, 331
Buchanan and, 98–99
budget omnibus of 2018 and, 497–500
Bush and, 2–4, 473–74
Bush Sr. funeral and, 559–60
cabinet and, 430, 481, 484, 518–19
campaign managers and, 325, 336–38, 358
caravan and, 530–31
Carrier deal and, 418–20
chaotic management style and, 321–22, 412, 431, 461–64, 477
Charlottesville rally and, 466–70
chief of staff, Kelly as, 463, 464, 553–54
chief of staff, Mulvaney as acting, 554–55
chief of staff, Priebus as, 411–14, 457, 462–63
China and, 558
Christianity and, 387
Christian right and, 281–82, 326–28, 327–28, 381–83, 395, 455–57, 580–81
CIA visit by, 426–27
Cohen and, 422
Cohen FBI raid and, 487–88
Cohen guilty plea and, 519–20, 557
Cohen House testimony and, 604–5
Cohen payoffs to Daniels and McDougal and, 484–86, 488–89
Comey asked to shutdown Flynn probe by, 431, 446
Comey firing and, 445, 458, 484, 486
Comey letter on Hillary and, 389
Comey Senate testimony on, 455
Confederate monuments and, 465
congressional leaders meet with, on inauguration, 429
conservatism redefined by, 419–20, 457–58
conservative insurgents emboldened by, 403–4, 406–7
conservatives woo base of, 503–7
Conway and, 337, 358
Corker and, 339–40
CPAC and, 457–58
Crimea and, 549
criminality surrounding, 518–21
criminal justice reform and, 563–66
critics of, in professional right, 516
Cruz and, 316–18, 336–38, 343, 349–53, 404, 432, 535–37
culture gap and, 406
Curiel controversy and, 334–36
DACA and, 475
deep state and, 443
deficits and, 504
Democrats and, 246
Democrats and, win House, 575–77
deplorables and, 362
disloyalty punished by, 549–52, 605
economic dislocation and, 257
economy of 2018 and, 555–59
Election Night of 2016 and, 389–99
Election Night of 2018 and, 539–42
elections of 2012 and, 115–17, 136
elections of 2014 and, 197
elections of 2016 and, 330–31, 356–89, 406, 534
elections of 2016 and, 2018 vs., 545, 546
elections of 2016 and, 2020 vs., 577
elections of 2016 and, debates vs. Clinton, 362–63, 365, 370–71, 374–77, 382–83
elections of 2016 and, Democratic convention, 354–55
elections of 2016 and, final month, 384–89
elections of 2016 and, GOP Convention, 343, 349–54
elections of 2016 and, postconvention campaign, 356–84
elections of 2016 and, Russian meddling, 509
elections of 2018 and, 503–4, 521, 525–27, 529–50
elections of 2018 and, Cruz-O’Rourke race, 535–36
elections of 2018 and, GOP critics eliminated, 547–48
elections of 2020 and, 502, 545, 577, 597–98, 603, 608–10
electoral coalition of, 397–99
Electoral College and, 323–24, 358–59, 577
electoral realignment of 2018 and, 544–45
era of disruption and, vii–x
executive orders and, 429, 431, 454
family-separation policy and, 506–7, 518, 520, 532
fear message of, 531–32
finances of, 293, 604, 608
fiscal responsibility and, 497–98
Flake vs., 343–45, 474–75, 493, 552–53
Flynn and, 339, 431, 446, 473
foreign policy and, 334, 339
Fox News and, 308–12, 316–17, 444
Freedom Caucus and, 345–49, 414–17, 436–42, 491, 493, 511–18, 554, 567–69, 573, 584
future of GOP and, 579–80, 609–12
GM job cuts and, 558–59
golf and, 333, 461, 525
GOP and, impact of, 416–17, 457–48, 598–603
GOP becomes party of, 255
GOP contraction and, 551–52
GOP critics of, 473–74, 501, 511
GOP critics of, attacked by, 517–18, 572, 580, 591–92, 608
GOP critics of, purged and punished by, 547–52
GOP critics of, vote with, 505–6
GOP defenders of, perks offered to, 514–18
GOP fear of criticizing, 433–34, 507, 514
GOP fear of independent run by, 244–45
GOP insurgents and, 4–6, 457–58
GOP legislative agenda and, 505–6
GOP loyalty pledge and, 245–47
GOP retreat of January 2018 and, 481–84
GOP shields, from legislative branch, 514
GOP taken over by, 2–3, 35, 490–91, 500–522, 571, 579–82, 591–92, 595–605
GOP women candidates and, 579
Haley and, 292
health care and, 98 (see also ACA; ACHA)
Helsinki summit and, 509–12, 518
Hillary Clinton attacks, 320
Hillary Clinton concedes to, 396
Hillary Clinton threatened by, 356–57, 376
Holt interview of, 446
ideology and opportunism of, 258–62
immigration and, 98, 236, 249, 261, 298, 331, 474, 506–7, 530–32n, 536
impact of, on political culture, 593–95, 598–602
impeachment threat and, 6–7, 535, 575, 607–8
inaugural “American carnage” address by, 423–26
inaugural crowd size and, 426–29
infrastructure and, 435
inner circle of, 461–64
invulnerability of, as candidate, 274, 380–83, 484
judicial appointments and, 327–28, 401, 454, 599–600
Kanye West and, 530–31
Khashoggi murder and, 556–57
Khizr Khan controversy and, 355–56
Kislyak meeting and, 445
lack moderating influences on, 556
Lewandowski and, 325, 336
lies and deception and, 334, 363, 428–29, 487, 504–5, 518, 537, 604, 606, 608
loyalty demanded by, 488, 491–92, 517–18, 520–21, 608
Manafort and, 303, 336, 340, 358
Manafort and, Mueller indictment, 473
Mar-a-Lago and, 305
Mattis resignation and, 554–55
McCain funeral and, 522–25
McConnell and, 401, 489
Meadows and, 417, 437–39, 517–18, 554, 567, 573, 584, 591
media and, 114, 305–12, 362–64, 380, 427, 483, 516–17, 547
military and, 339, 424, 472
military draft deferments and, 236
minorities and, 277–78
Mueller firing threats by, 488, 607
Mueller investigation and, 6–7, 446, 458–59, 473, 486–87, 510, 519–20, 591
Mueller report and, 604–8
Mulvaney at OMB and, 402, 415–16
Muslim ban and, 429–31
National Enquirer and, 305–9, 314, 317
NATO attacked by, 510
NeverTrump vs., 349
NFL knee controversy and, 361–62
North Korea and, 471–72, 487
Obama and, 4, 100, 472
obstruction of justice and, 446, 484, 605–8
Ocasio-Cortez and, 494–95, 576
outrage culture and, 585–89
Palin as early warning on, 25
pardons and, 471, 520
Paris climate withdrawal by, 454–55
Pecker and AMI and, 305–7
Pelosi-Schumer meeting and, 560–61
Pence and, 312–15
Pence as VP pick and, 325–26, 328, 331–44, 371–72, 382, 384–89
Pence’s Faustian bargain with, 498–500, 552–53
Pence’s influence on policy of, 431, 447–48
personality of, bizarre behavior, 507–8
personality of, ignorance about government, 439–40, 489, 585
personality of, influence of last voice in ear of, 437
personality of, lawlessness, 5
personality of, mental stability, 482–83
personality of, provocations by, 426, 461
personality of, salesmanship of, 439
personality of, shamelessness as superpower of, 504–5
personality of, staff and rants by, 461–62
personality of, vulgar and inflammatory rhetoric of, 334, 372, 381, 507–8, 519, 585, 597–98
polarized political climate and, 576
political labels and, 457
popular vote disputed by, 429
populism and, 419–20, 457
post-shutdown calm of, 602–3
presidential run first flirted with, 98–99
press conferences and, 509–12, 549–50
Priebus and, 411, 463
primaries of 2012 and, 99–100, 110, 115–17
primaries of 2016 and, 120–21, 212–15, 226–29, 236–39, 243–50, 258–85, 287–318, 342
primaries of 2016 and, nomination clinched by, 317–23
primaries of 2018 and, 491–93
Putin and, 269–71, 334, 339, 549
race and, 248–49, 372, 532–33, 604
race and, Tim Scott’s influence on, 469–71, 479–80, 565
rallies and, 521, 526–27, 535–38
religious liberty and, 447
resignations and firings and, 487, 518–19, 553–55, 603
rise of, factors enabling, 3–6
RNC summit of May 2016 and, 319–21, 335
Romney and, 115–17, 136, 580, 591–92
Rove plan for victory of, 322–26
Russia and, 269–70, 420–22, 431, 443–46, 458–59, 473, 483, 484–87, 508–14, 557, 604, 606–7
Ryan and, 258, 335, 355–56, 367–69, 377–79, 399, 401–2, 415, 477–78, 488–89, 570, 573
Ryan lays out agenda for, 420
Ryan meets with, post-Election Day, 400–401
Ryan’s AHCA bill and, 431–42, 449
Ryan’s assessment of, 556, 593–96
Ryan’s Faustian bargain with, 499–500
Ryan’s policy hopes and, 442
Ryan’s retirement and, 489–90
Ryan vs., as defacto nominee, 319–22
Sanford attacked by, 433–34, 492–93, 517–18, 547
Scalise shooting and, 460–61
Sessions and, 443, 486, 553
sex scandals and, 305–6, 317, 327, 332, 334, 365, 367, 385, 473, 526
sex scandals and, Daniels-McDougal hush money payments, 484–86, 488–89, 520, 531, 557, 604
shutdown of 2018–19 and, 560–62, 566–74, 582–85, 588–91
siege mentality of, 455–56
SOTU address of 2018, 515
SOTU address of 2019, 1
Spicer as press secretary, 427–28
Stone arrest and, 591
Supreme Court and, Gorsuch appointment, 432, 447, 454, 471
Supreme Court and, Kavanaugh appointment, 521, 526, 531
Supreme Court list of, 328, 369, 381–83, 395
Syrian refugees and, 429
Syrian withdrawal and, 555
tariffs and, 495–97, 558
tax reform and, 471–72, 475–80, 482–83, 599
tax returns hidden by, 294, 420, 433, 549
Tea Party and, 6, 59
Tillerson and, 486–87, 555–56
toxicity of, 598–99
TPP withdrawal and, 431
trade and, 98, 232, 331, 431, 505
transactional relationships and, 455–56
transgender students and, 431
transition and early appointments by, 406–14, 427–29
Trump Tower meeting with Russians and, 459, 481
Trump Tower wiretapping claim and, 443–44
Trump University lawsuits and, 334
Twitter and, 30
9, 461–62, 477, 482, 483, 487, 493, 504, 521, 525, 536, 555, 588–89
unpopularity of, 380–81, 429–30
Warren mocked by, 249–50
White House staff and rants by, 461–62
WikiLeaks and, 369–70
Wolff’s Fire and Fury and, 481–82
Women’s March and, 428–29
Trump, Eric, 341
Trump, Ivanka, 331, 337, 341, 428, 463, 522, 554
Trump, Melania, 307–8, 400, 485
“Trump fatigue,” 549
Trump Hotel Washington DC, 273, 338
Trumpism
as cautionary tale, 598–99
future of GOP and, 610–12
Heritage absolutism and, 503
impact of, on GOP, 457, 515
Ryan on, 595–96
Trump Organization, 485
Trump Tower Moscow, 420, 557, 604
Trump Tower (New York)
Don, Jr., meeting with Russians and, 459, 606–7
wiretapping claims, 427, 443–44
Trump University, 293, 295, 334
Tuesday Group, 448–49
Turkey, 556–57
Twenty-Fifth Amendment, 516
Twitter, viii, 25, 147, 188, 219, 308, 309, 444, 446, 461, 477, 482, 483–84, 487, 493, 504, 521, 536, 555, 589
two-party system, fragmenting of, 610–11
Uber, viii, 266
Udall, Mark, 196
Ukraine, 304, 305
unemployment, 62, 123
United Nations, 408, 472, 553
United Nations Population Fund, 431
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 194, 198–99, 238, 304
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 253
U.S. Congress. See also U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senate
112th (2011–12), 86
113th (2013–14), 157–58
114th (2015–16), 345
115th (2017–18), 401, 562, 573
116th (2019–20), 575
ACA drafting and, 61
ACA repeal attempt and, 432–33
atmosphere of, and rise of Trump, 348–49
bipartisan criminal justice bill and, 562–64
Boehner’s rise in, 57–58, 86
Bowles-Simpson and, 88
Bush’s immigration reform and, 16–17
destabilized by insurgents, 255
diversity of Democrats vs. GOP, 157–58
elections of 2008 and, 21, 37–38
financial crisis and, 27–28, 30–31
joint session on health care, 63
mass shootings and, 158
Obama and, ix, 43–46
polarization and, 601–2
post-shutdown, of 2019, 602–3
Reformicons and, 257
Ryan on changes in, 595
sexual misconduct and, 472–73
shutdown of 2019 and, 582–85, 589–90
stimulus and, 46
tax reform of 2017 and, 475–76
Trump’s victory and impact on, 404
U.S. Constitution, 355, 434, 554
U.S. House Committees
Agriculture, 148, 416