Obamacare. See Affordable Care Act
O’Bannon, Frank
Old Testament
O’Neill, Tip
Opana
Optimist Club
O’Reilly, Bill
P3. See public-private partnership
PACs. See political action committees
Palin, Sarah
Paoletta, Mark
pardons
Parscale, Brad
The Passing of the Great Race (Grant)
Peale, Norman Vincent
pedophilia
of gays
Moore, R., and
Pelath, Scott
Pelosi, Nancy
Peña, Jennifer
Pence, Audrey (daughter)
Pence, Charlotte (daughter)
Pence, Edward, Jr. (father)
Pence, Edward Joseph (grandfather)
Pence, Gregory (brother)
Pence, Karen Sue Batten Whitaker (wife)
on first congressional campaign
as first lady of Indiana
on gays
Grace Evangelical Church and
gubernatorial campaign and
on Mideast trip
on second congressional campaign
third congressional campaign and
Pence, Michael, Jr. (son)
Pence, Mike. See specific topics
Pence, Nancy Cawley (mother)
Perdue, Mitzi
Perdue, Sonny
Peretti, Frank
Philippians 2:3
physician-assisted suicide
Pilgrim, Buddy
Pitcock, Josh
Planned Parenthood
Pledge of Allegiance
Podesta, John
political action committees (PACs)
leadership
for reelection of Trump, D.
of Sharp
in third congressional campaign
for vice president
Pompeo, Mike
Poole, Robert
Porter, Rob
post-abortion syndrome
Powell, Colin
“Power of Positive Thinking” (Peale)
PR Newswire
Pravda on the Plains
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
prayer meetings
Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
Price, Tom
Priebus, Reince
Prince, Erik
Principles Exalt a Nation
privatization
as governor
of Social Security
Proverbs 12:22
Proverbs 27:2
Pruitt, Scott
Psalms
32:8
82:3–4
public-private partnership (P3)
Putin, Vladimir
Quayle, Dan
Quayle, Marilyn
Quilhot, Charles S.
racism. See also African Americans; Muslims
in first congressional campaign
KKK and
of Southern Strategy
Rand, Ayn
Randolph, J. C.
Rapture
Ray, Ronald
Reagan, Nancy
Reagan, Ronald
first congressional campaign and
meeting with
Reardon, Mark
Reardon, Mike
Reason Foundation
Reed, Ralph
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
Republican Study Committee (RSC)
RFRA. See Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Rippon, Adam
Ritz, Glenda
Roberts, John
Robertson, Pat
Roche, George, III
Rock, Bob
Roe v. Wade
Rogers, Mike
Rollins, Ed
Romney, Mitt
Rooney, J. Patrick
Rose, Thomas
Rosenstein, Rod
Rossie, Dave
Rove, Karl
RSC. See Republican Study Committee
RT. See Russia Today
Rubio, Marco
Russell, T. Alan
Russia
Flynn and
ISIS and
Russia Today (RT)
Russian election meddling
Kushner, J., and
Obama and
vice president and
Ryan, Paul
Saccone, Rick
Sanders, Bernie
Sanford, Mark
Sasso, Dennis C.
Saturday Evening Club
Saved by the Bell
SBC. See Southern Baptist Convention
Scalia, Antonin
Scanlon, Patrick
Scaramucci, Anthony
Schiller, Keith
Schindler, Oskar
Schneider, Mary Beth
school prayer
school vouchers
Schwab, Raymond
science, disregard for
scientific racism
Second Coming of Christ
Second Great Awakening
self-image
September 11, 2001
Sessions, Jeff
Sharp, Philip
first congressional campaign and
PACs of
second congressional campaign and
Shella, Jim
Shipp, Thomas
shoulder rubs
Shoultz, Deborah
Showgirls
Sinclair, Upton
Singer, Paul
al-Sisi, Abdel Fattah
Skillman, Becky
Slosar, Elliot
Smith, Abram
Smith, Bill
Smith, Curt
Smith, Van
smoking, cancer from
Social Security
Solomon, Stan
South Korea
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
Southern Strategy
Souza, Tracy
space program
Speakman, Linda
Spencer, Richard
Spicer, Sean
Spies, Lisa
Stanley, Kelly
State of the Union
State Policy Network
Steele, Christopher
Stephanopoulos, George
Stephens, Mike
Stewart, Jon
Stinebrickner, Bruce
Streeter, Ryan
Suharto
Sullivan, Andrew
supply side economics
Susan B. Anthony List and Life Issues Institute
Syrian refugees
Tallian, Karen
Tapper, Jake
tariffs
tax cuts
as governor
in possible Pence presidency
tax returns, of Trump, D.
Taxpayer Protection pledge
Taylor, Elizabeth
Tea Party
term limits
think tanks
Thomas, Clarence
Thompson, Tommy
Tillerson, Rex
tobacco companies
Tobin, Joseph W.
toll roads
trade wars
transgender people
transition team
Christie and
vice president and
Trump, Donald, Jr.
Trump, Donald J.
Access Hollywood and
admiration and praise toward
approval ratings of
campaign with
Christian Right and
on Comey
endorsement of
Flynn and
immorality of
isolationism of
lies by
mood swings of
nuclear weapons and
pardons by
possible resignation or impeachment of
pretense of piety of
reelection efforts for
self-image of
sexual harassment
by
staff turnover of
tax returns of
voter fraud and
Trump, Eric
Trump, Ivanka
Trump, Melania
Trump University
Turkey
Twitter
Tyler, John
Tyrrell, R. Emmett, Jr.
Uganda
Ullman, Harrison
UN Population Fund
undocumented immigrants
United in Purpose
Values Voter Summit
Varga, Cole
Vereide, Abraham
Verma, Seema
vice president
campaign for
as good cop
as humble surrogate to president
PACs for
as possible president
Russian election meddling and
as shadow president
transition team and
Viguerie, Richard
Violence Against Women Act
von Mises, Ludwig
Vonnegut, Kurt
voter fraud
Wabash Valley Broadcasting
Walker, Scott
Wallace, Chris
Wallace, Jim
WallBuilders
Warren, Chris
Warren, Earl
Warren, Elizabeth
Watergate
Weiner, Anthony
Welch, Edgar Maddison
Welch, Robert
Welsh, Barry A.
Weyrich, Paul
Whitaker, John Steven
White, Ryan
Whiteside, Sarah
Wile, Jay
Will, George
Winter Olympics
The Wizard of Oz (Baum)
Wylie, Christopher
Yates, Sally
Yockey, Jacqueline
Young, Steve
ALSO BY MICHAEL D’ANTONIO
A Consequential President
The Truth About Trump
Mortal Sins
A Full Cup
Forever Blue
Spend Shift (with John Gerzema)
A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey
Hershey
The State Boys Rebellion
Mosquito (with Andrew Spielman)
Fun While It Lasted (with Bruce McNall)
Tour ’72
Tin Cup Dreams
Atomic Harvest
Heaven on Earth
Fall from Grace
ALSO BY PETER EISNER
MacArthur’s Spies
Cuba Libre (with Philip Brenner)
The Pope’s Last Crusade
The Italian Letter (with Knut Royce)
The Freedom Line
America’s Prisoner
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Michael D’Antonio is the author of The Truth About Trump and more than a dozen other books. Currently an on-air contributor for CNN, specializing in national politics, he also writes for CNN.com, The Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times. Previously he was a reporter for Newsday, where he shared a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. He lives on Long Island, New York. You can sign up for email updates here.
Peter Eisner is the author most recently of MacArthur’s Spies. He’s won awards for his work at The Washington Post, Newsday, and the Associated Press. Eisner was nominated for an Emmy in 2010 as a producer at PBS’s Worldfocus. He is based in Washington, D.C. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
1. The Sycophant
2. Model Citizen
3. Mudslinger
4. Limbaugh Light
5. Guns, God, and Money
6. The Frozen Man
7. Higher Ambitions
8. Head Hoosier
9. When Trump Calls
10. Russians, What Russians?
11. Shadow President
12. Good Cop/Crazy Cop
13. Not So Humbled
Epilogue: The Man Who Would Be President
Notes
Index
Also by Michael D’Antonio
About the Authors
Copyright
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