Addressing the giant crowd of freedom-loving patriots at a Trump 2020 rally in Cincinnati, Ohio. I love meeting the thousands of people who show up to our campaign events. (Vincent Remini)
Politics has brought me and my father closer in a new way. For all of my life, I admired what he did for our family, now I appreciate all that he does for our great nation! (Official White House photo)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TO MY FATHER, President Donald J. Trump: I am so proud of you. You were always there for us, and now you are there for our nation. Just like your amazing parents, you always took care of our family. When you decided to run for office, you stepped up to the challenge, and your grandchildren and millions of other kids will be better off because of it. You are one of the most incredible people I have ever known. Our country is blessed to have you as president with an incredible first lady by your side. Melania continues to bring poise and elegance to everything she does. Our nation is lucky to have her! Dad, I’d say keep fighting, but who are we kidding? You know no other way! Love you.
To my mother, grandmother, and late grandfather: Writing this book brought back many memories of summers spent in Czechoslovakia. I wouldn’t be the man I am today if it weren’t for those adventures and incredible memories. Thank you.
To my spectacular kids, Kai, Donnie, Tristan, Spencer, and Chloe: I love you more than anything. You were born into a unique family. We work hard and we achieve a lot, and there is little doubt in my mind that you will all do the same. Aim for success in all you do. I will be there for you every step of the way, always. To Vanessa, thank you for our amazing children and the wonderful job you do with them.
To my siblings, Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany, and Barron: Only you can understand the craziness we have experienced in the last three years. We learned who our true friends are, and we learned the viciousness of fake news. Nothing could have prepared us for the lies. We are Trumps, we don’t play the victim card, and we will succeed here as well. We are in this together.
To Kimberly: You always bring out the best in me and everyone else around you. You are such a special person. We have the best time together. Always know that I am thankful for you. Love you.
To Jared and Lara: You married into our family, but little did you know the roller coaster we would all embark on. I admire your dedication, work ethic, and desire to succeed, just like ours. We couldn’t do this without you at our sides.
To my informal political team, who sometimes get me into more trouble than I can manage to get into myself, Sergio, Arthur, Andy, and Charlie: Being in politics with you makes it fun. Here’s to many more adventures and memories over the coming years.
To my friends Tommy, Gentry, and Oz: When Dad decided to run, he told me on the elevator ride down to the announcement in Trump Tower that we would soon find out who our true friends are. I couldn’t ask for a better group of friends to go into battle with, true friends!
To all my hunting, fishing, and shooting buddies, Jason, Rob, Rich, Trig, Don, Keith, Chuck, Gary, Jay, Dave, and the rest of the boys: I thrive in business, I choose to fight and win in politics, but I truly unwind when I am outdoors in the wilderness of our nation and our world. You keep me grounded at least a little—or till it becomes a competition. Thank you!
To Team Hachette, especially Rolf, Kate, Patsy, Brian, Sean, and Tom: Thank you for taking a chance on me! An extremely hardworking team who worked night and day to meet deadlines, make me shine, and make this book possible.
To my legal team, especially Alan Garten: Thanks for all you do in keeping me out of trouble despite bipartisan efforts to do the opposite.
To all those who work for the various Trump companies: You’re the core of what we do. Real estate and hospitality don’t necessarily mesh well with politics, yet you’re part of this historic journey, too. I thank each and every one of you for all that you have done for my family and me over the years.
To every man, woman, and child who wakes up in this great nation and doesn’t want to be a victim but wants to live the American dream, wants to win, succeed, produce, create, thrive, give back, and Make America Great Again!
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CHAPTER 1: TRIGGER WARNING
1. Megan Henney. “Mueller investigation by the numbers: 675 days, 500 witnesses,” Fox Business, April 17, 2019. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mueller-investigation-numbers-days-witnesses
CHAPTER 2: COUNTERPUNCH
1. Adam Entous, Devlin Barrett, and Rosalind S. Helderman. “Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier,” The Washington Post, October 24, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html
2. Glenn Kessler. “Flashback: Obama’s debate zinger on Romney’s ‘1980s’ foreign policy (video),” The Washington Post, March 20, 2014.
3. Karoun Demirjian. “’Undoubtedly there is collusion’: Trump antagonist Adam Schiff doubles down after Mueller finds no conspiracy,” The Washington Post, March 26, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/undoubtedly-there-is-collusion-trump-antagonist-adam-schiff-doubles-down-after-mueller-finds-no-conspiracy/2019/03/26/e972d9e8-4fdd-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html
4. Adam Entous, Devlin Barrett, and Rosalind S. Helderman. “Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier,” The Washington Post, October 24, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html
5. Nigel Chiwaya and Jiachuan Wu. “Mueller deflected questions 198 times. We tracked when he did it,” NBC News, July 24, 2019. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/robert-mueller-house-testimony-tracker-july-2019-n1033166
6. Paul Krugman. “The Economic Fallout,” The New York Times, November 9, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/election-night-2016/paul-krugman-the-economic-fallout
7. Paula Firozi. “CNN president: Airing so many full Trump rallies was a ‘mistake’,” The Hill, October 14, 2016. https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/301147-cnn-president-airing-so-many-full-trump-rallies-was-a
8. Ashley Parker and Nick Corasaniti. “Some Donald Trump Voters Warn of Revolution if Hillary Clinton Wins,” The New York Times, October 27, 2016.
9. Christopher Mele and Annie Correal. “’Not Our President: Protests Spread After Donald Trump’s Election,” The New York Times, November 9, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/trump-election-protests.html
10. Michael E. Miller. “Antifa: Guardians against fascism or lawless thrill-seekers?”, The Washington Post, September 14, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/antifa-guardians-against-fascism-or-lawless-thrill-seekers/2017/09/14/38db474c-93fe-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html
11. John Bacon. “Suspect Killed After Steve Scalise, 4 Others Shot at Congressional Baseball Game,” USA Today, June 14, 2017. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/06/14/reports-congressman-others-shot-baseball-practice/102838314/
12. Julia Jacobs. “Rand Paul’s Neighbor Is Sentenced to 30 Day sin Prison After Attack,” The New York Times, June 15, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/politics/rand-paul-attack.html
13. Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas and Lisa Donovan. “Eric trump not pressing charges against waitress who spit on him at Chicago’s Aviary, Trump Organization says,” Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2019.
14. Jessica Chasmar. “Red Hen restaurant owner who kicked out Sarah Sanders says ‘new rules apply’ for Trump officials,” The Washington Times, July 1, 2019. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/1/red-hen-restaurant-owner-who-kicked-out-sarah-sand/
15. Joseph A. Wulfsohn. “Protestors gather outside McConnell’s Kentuck
y home, one calls for his stabbing ‘in the heart’,” Fox News, August 6, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/media/protestors-gather-outside-mcconnells-ky-home-one-calls-for-his-stabbing-in-the-heart
16. Christopher Mele and Patrick Healy. “’Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence. Trump Wasn’t Happy,” The New York Times, November 19, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/mike-pence-hamilton.html
17. Ashe Schow. “Berkley Once Again Dissolves Into Chaos Over Free Speech,” The Observer, April 17, 2017. https://observer.com/2017/04/berkeley-free-speech-patriots-day-turns-violent/
18. Christina Morales. “Conservative Writer Andy Ngo Details Attack at Portland Protest,” Oregonlive.com, July 2, 2019.
19. Christopher Mele and Annie Correal. “’Not Our President: Protests Spread After Donald Trump’s Election,” The New York Times, November 9, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/trump-election-protests.html
CHAPTER 3: CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION
1. Melia Robinson. “A 58-story skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking—and residents say their multimillion dollar condos are nearly worthless,” Business Insider, July 24, 2018. https://www.businessinsider.com/is-millennium-tower-safe-still-leaning-sinking-2017-9
2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Left
3. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/weather-underground-bombings
4. Bryan Burrough. “The Untold Story Behind New York’s Most Brutal Cop Killings,” Politico Magazine, April 21, 2015. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/the-untold-story-behind-new-yorks-most-brutal-cop-killing-117207
5. Wilson Andrews, Kitty Bennett, and Alicia Parlapiano. “2016 Delegate Count and Primary Results,” The New York Times, July 5, 2016.
6. Michael Kranish. “Inside Bernie Sanders’s 1988 10-day ‘honeymoon’ in the Soviet Union,” The Washington Post, May 3, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bernie-sanderss-1988-10-day-honeymoon-in-the-soviet-union/2019/05/02/db543e18-6a9c-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html
7. Jamie Ballard. “Socialism is becoming more popular with Baby Boomers,” YouGov, August 7, 2018. https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/08/07/socialism-capitalism-popular-baby-boomers
8. Myra Adams. “Unfunded Govt. Liabilities—Our Ticking Time Bomb,” RealClearPolitics, January 10, 2019. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/10/unfunded_govt_liabilities_--_our_ticking_time_bomb.html
9. Day One Staff. “Update on plans for New York City headquarters,” The Amazon Blog, February 14, 2019. https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/update-on-plans-for-new-york-city-headquarters
10. Emily Witt. “The Optimistic Activists for a Green New Deal,” The New Yorker, December 23, 2019. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-optimistic-activists-for-a-green-new-deal-inside-the-youth-led-singing-sunrise-movement
11. Matt Patterson. “Study Saul Alinsky to Understand Barack Obama,” The Washington Times, February 6, 2012. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/study-saul-alinsky-to-understand-barack-obama
12. Kevin Dayaratna and Nicolas Loris. “A Glimpse of What the Green New Deal Would Cost Taxpayers,” The Heritage Foundation, March 25, 2019. https://www.heritage.org/environment/commentary/glimpse-what-the-green-new-deal-would-cost-taxpayers
13. Naomi Klein. “The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal,” The Intercept, November 27, 2018. https://theintercept.com/2018/11/27/green-new-deal-congress-climate-change/
14. Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein. “Gas-guzzling car rides expose AOC’s hypocrisy amid Green New Deal pledge,” New York Post, March 2, 2019. https://nypost.com/2019/03/02/gas-guzzling-car-rides-expose-aocs-hypocrisy-amid-green-new-deal-pledge/
15. “Student Loan Question,” CSPAN. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4792658/student-loan-question
16. Cody Nelson. “Minnesota Congresswoman Ignites Debate On Israel And Anti-Semitism,” NPR, March 7, 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700901834/minnesota-congresswoman-ignites-debate-on-israel-and-anti-semitism
17. Ian Schwartz. “Rep. Ayanna Pressley: ‘We Don’t Need Any More Brown Faces That Don’t Want To Be A Brown Voice,” RealClear Politics, July 14, 2019. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/14/rep_ayanna_pressley_we_dont_need_any_more_brown_faces_that_dont_want_to_be_a_brown_voice.html
18. Hannah Hartig. “Stark partisan divisions in Americans’ views of ‘socialism,’ ‘capitalism’,” Pew Research Center, June 25, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/media/rudy-giuliani-ilhan-omar-september-11-comments
CHAPTER 4: CLASS WARFARE
1. Michael Luongo. “The Ironic History of Mar a Lago,” Smithsonian Magazine, November 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-mar-a-lago-180965214/
2. “How Nafta Changed U.S. Trade With Canada and Mexico,” The New York Times, August 15, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/business/nafta-canada-mexico.html
CHAPTER 5: GAP YEAR
1. Jerry Dunleavy. “Top Democrat calling for full Mueller report had different view when Bill Clinton was investigated,” The Washington Examiner, April 1, 2019. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/top-democrat-calling-for-full-mueller-report-had-different-view-when-bill-clinton-was-investigated
2. “A Letter from GOP National Security Officials Opposing Trump,” New York Times, August 8, 2016.
3. Nick Gass and Ben Schreckinger. “Donald Trump Jr. breaks out on national stage,” Politico, July 20, 2016.
CHAPTER 6: NOT EXACTLY THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
1. CIS, “The Legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act,” Center for Immigration Studies, September 1, 1995.
2. Matt O’Brien and Spencer Raley. “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers,” Fairus.com, September 27, 2017. https://www.fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers
3. Steven A. Camorota and Karen Zeigler. “Better Educated, but Not Better Off,” Center for Immigration Studies, April 17, 2018. https://cis.org/Report/Better-Educated-Not-Better
4. Joel Gehrke. “State Department: At least 90 percent of heroin destined for the U.S. comes from Mexico,” The Washington Examiner, March 2, 2017. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/state-department-at-least-90-percent-of-heroin-destined-for-the-us-comes-from-mexico
5. Agencies in Mexico City. “Drug violence blamed for Mexico’s record 29,168 murders in 2017,” The Guardian, January 21, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/21/drug-violence-blamed-mexico-record-murders-2017
6. Caitlin Dickerson. “Border at ‘Breaking Point’ as More Than 76,000 Unauthorized Migrants Cross in a Month,” The New York Times, March 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/us/border-crossing-increase.html
7. Nicole Fuller. “MS-13 murders down on LI, but gang is trying to rebuild,” Long Island Newsday, May 12, 2019. https://www.google.com/search?q=newsday+five+hundred+MS-13+2018&oq=newsday+five+hundred+MS-13+2018&aqs=chrome..69i57.11351j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
8. The White House. “Remarks by the President on Border Security and Immigration Reform,” June 30, 2014. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/30/remarks-president-border-security-and-immigration-reform
9. Fareed Zakaria. “Democrats May Be Walking into an Immigration Trap,” The Washington Post, June 22, 2018. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/
10. “Q: Do you support building a wall on the border with Mexico?,” The Washignton Post, February 8, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/mexico-building-support-oppose/2019/02/08/4d2ac40c-20cf-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_page.html
11. Charles Fain Lehman. “More Than 700,000 Overstayed Visas in 2017,” Free Beacon, August 20, 2018. https://freebeacon.com/issues/700000-overstayed-visas-2017/
CHAPTER 7: NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER’S DEMOCRAT PARTY
1. Jillian Kay Melchior. “Philly Union Boss ‘Johnny Doc’ Has an Appointment With Justice,” Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/philly-union-boss-johnny-doc
-has-an-appointment-with-justice-11549668706
2. Erin Shannon. “Report shows corruption continues to plague labor unions,” Washington Policy Center, January 22, 2018. https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/report-shows-corruption-continues-to-plague-labor-unions
CHAPTER 8: BACK TO SCHOOL
1. Lily Rogers. “Yale Needs to Stop Accepting Republican Students,” Yale Daily News, April 13, 2018. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/04/13/yale-needs-to-stop-accepting-republican-students/
2. Sudhin Thanawala. “Multiple Arrests at Ben Shapiro Berkeley Protests,” USA Today, September 15, 2017. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/09/15/ben-shapiro-berkeley-protest-arrests/669071001/
3. Madison Park and Kyung Lah. “Berkeley protests of Yiannopoulos caused $100,000 in damage,” CNN, February 2, 2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/us/milo-yiannopoulos-berkeley/index.html
4. Sudhin Thanawala. “Multiple Arrests at Ben Shapiro Berkeley Protests,” USA Today, September 15, 2017. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/09/15/ben-shapiro-berkeley-protest-arrests/669071001/
5. Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff. “The Coddling of the American Mind,” The Atlantic, September 18, 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/
6. Conor Friedersdorf. “The New intolerance of Student Activism,” The Atlantic, November 9, 2015. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-new-intolerance-of-student-activism-at-yale/414810/
7. Robby Soave. “Oberlin Students Want Below-Average Grades Abolished, Midterms Replaced with Conversations,” Reason, May 24, 2016. https://reason.com/2016/05/24/oberlin-students-want-below-average-grad/
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