Rosenberg, Chuck, 216–17
Ross, Brian, 33
Ross, Dan, 123–24, 125
Ross, Wilbur, 131, 154, 155–56, 166–67
Rubio, Marco, 244, 245
Ruch, Jeff, 125
Rucker, Philip, 179
Russia, 12, 34, 42, 44, 50, 99, 153, 162, 172, 175, 176, 181, 217, 249, 254, 263, 264
Russia investigation, 9, 98–99, 207, 208, 211, 212
Rwanda, 160
Saban, Dan, 210
Sacramento, Calif., 15
Saginaw, Mich., 53
Sahara desert, 117
Sajwani, Hussain, 159
Salesforce, 72
Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, 232–33, 235
Saturday Night Live (TV show), 259
Saud family, 161–62
Saudi Arabia, 50, 153–56, 157–60, 161, 176, 181, 217, 253, 263
Scalia, Antonin, 63
Schedule C, 79
Schiller, Keith, 178
Schneiderman, Eric, 212
Schwartz, Tony, 6
Schwarzeneggar, Arnold, 150
Scott-Clayton, Judith, 189
Second Amendment, 234
Secret Service, 13, 16, 32, 68
Seibert, Steffen, 237
Sejong the Great–class destroyers, 175
Senate, U.S., 7, 39, 40, 41, 43, 63, 109, 128, 133, 138, 146, 166, 212, 236, 239, 254
Judiciary Committee of, 65
Senegal, 160
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 153, 158, 215, 222, 229, 253
Sessions, Jeff, 110, 218, 219
Shanghai, 169
Sharia law, 10
Shaub, Walter, 43–44
Shia Muslims, 158, 253
Shulkin, David, 226
Silicon Valley, 243
Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, 255
60 Minutes (TV show), 210
Sloan, Allan, 98
Slovenia, 241
Smetters, Kent, 247
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930), 106
Social Security, 225, 247
Social Security Administration, 74
SoftBank, 56
Solow, Robert, 141
South, 5, 53, 54
Southerland, Betsy, 115–16, 118, 119–21
Southern Poverty Law Center, 229
South Korea, 166, 175
Spencer, Richard, 248
Spicer, Sean, 14, 97, 104–5, 180, 259
Sponseller, Daniel, 147, 149
Sprint, 56
Sputnik (Russian propaganda operation), 11, 249
Spy, 17
Stafford Loans, 193
Stanford, Leland, 15, 16
Stapley, Don, 211
State Department, U.S., 42, 54, 155, 157, 160
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs of, 160
Statue of Liberty, 247–48
Stein, Jason, 58
Stephanopoulos, George, 110
Stern, Howard, 223
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 175–76
Stockholm Syndrome, 135
Suffolk County, N.Y., 216
Suhayda, Rocky, 239
Sunni Islam, 153, 157, 158, 160, 253
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, 191
Supreme Court, U.S., 21, 24, 61, 63, 65, 116
Swarthmore College, 140
Sweden, 249
Syria, 28, 249
Takano, Mark, 226
Taliban, 157, 158, 263
Tanzania, 160
Tax Day, 89
Tax Foundation, 84
Tax Policy Center, 84, 89, 90
Tax Reform Act (1986), 87
Teapot Dome scandal, 4
Tennessee, 123
Tennessee Valley Authority, 119
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 64
Terry, Kevin M., 19
Tesla, 240
Texas, 57, 87, 260, 262
Thailand, 172
Thani, Hamad bin Khalifa al-, 161
Threatt, Leon, 186
Three Gorges Dam, 168–69
Tillerson, Rex, 42, 162
Tillman, H. Gregory, 80
Tillman, Seth Barrett, 30
Time, 178, 180, 181
Trade and Development Agency, U.S., 47, 50
TransAm Trucking, 64–65
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, 167
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 12, 165–66, 167
Treasury Department, U.S., 9, 147
Truman, Harry, 31
Trump, Donald, Jr., 18–19, 29, 43, 98–99, 159, 212, 237
Trump, Eric, 17, 18–19, 29, 43, 159, 212, 237
Trump, Fred, 6, 59, 80, 223, 229, 253
Trump, Ivana, 237, 238
Trump, Ivanka, 17, 27, 28, 29, 72, 159, 169, 171, 237
Trump, Melania Knauss, 13, 169, 241–42, 246, 260
Trump Endeavor LLC, 35
Trump Executive and Golden series limousines, 59
Trump International Golf Club (Dubai), 159
Trump International Hotel Washington, 13–15, 17–18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 34, 37
Trump Organization, 14, 237
Trump Plaza (New York), 16
Trump Tower (New York), 16, 24, 25, 55, 81, 82, 94, 100, 101, 159
Trump University, 10, 16
Turkey, 159, 162, 217, 222, 255, 264
Tusk, Donald, 165
Twitter, 102, 224
Uganda, 160
United Nations, 42, 160, 161
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 249
United Negro College Fund, 187, 189
United States Army Field Manual, 258
United Technologies, 154
Utah, 162
Vanity Fair, 238
Vega, Daniel, 35
Venezuela, 107
Veterans Administration, 222
Veterans Affairs Department, U.S. (VA), 221, 222–23, 224–25, 226, 227
Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act (2017), 225
Vietnam War, 4, 124, 177, 223
Virginia, 119, 213, 231
Virgin Islands, British, 171
Vogue, 248–49
Voting Rights Act, 4
Wahhabism, 153, 154, 157
Walker, Scott, 58
Wallace, Chris, 125–26, 127
Wall Street Journal, 143
Walmart, 56
Walter, John, 237
Warren, Elizabeth, 41, 69, 198, 200
Warsaw, 163, 165, 166, 169
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 163
Washington, D.C., 15, 20, 147
Washington, George, 3, 7, 30
Washington Post, 14, 54–55, 143, 179, 218
Washington State, 231
Watergate scandal, 262
Waukesha County Technical College, 72
Weichselbaum, Joseph, 99–100
Wells Fargo, 43
Westchester County, N.Y., 36
Westchester National Golf Club, 33, 36–37
White House, 6, 13
Whitehouse, Sheldon, 128
White House Office of Public Liaison, 6
White House Office of Science and Technology, 138
Whitman, Christine Todd, 115
WikiLeaks, 159
Wilcox, Mary Rose, 210
Wilson, David McKay, 33
Wisconsin, 53, 58, 72, 76
Woodlawn, Tex., 233
Woodside, Maurice (Michael the Black Man), 214–15
World Economic Outlook report, 69
World Factbook, 167
World War II, 176, 222
Xi Jinping, 28, 29, 168
Yemen, 157
Yunting, You, 28
Zeitz, Glenn, 93
Zimmerman, Rabbi, 231
Zinke, Ryan, 133
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