by Joe Walsh
34. “Remarks by President Trump and President Putin of the Russian Federation in Joint Press Conference,” White House, July 16, 2018, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president-putin-russian-federation-joint-press-conference/.
35. Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, “Trump, Facing Fury, Says He Misspoke with Putin,” CNN, July 18, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/politics/white-house-mood-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-news-conference/index.html.
36. “Republican National Committee Resolution Supporting the Presidency of Donald J. Trump,” Republican National Committee, n.d., https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/media/documents/RNC_Resolution_Supporting_the_Presidency_of_Donald_J._Trump_1549555495.pdf.
37. Zeke Miller and Steve Peoples, “Trump Campaign Takes Steps to Prevent a Challenge Within GOP,” Associated Press, February 4, 2019, https://www.apnews.com/33438efb7d794b5caf0b60f815192500.
38. Meg Kinnard, “Nevada, SC, Kansas GOP Drop Presidential Nomination Votes,” Associated Press, September 7, 2019, https://apnews.com/7e04964fc89a4312a6b410096f256add.
39. Kevin Stone, “Arizona GOP Won’t Hold 2020 Presidential Preference Election,” KTAR News, September 9, 2019, https://ktar.com/story/2734796/arizona-gop-wont-hold-2020-presidential-preference-election/.
40. James Gordon Meek and Anne Flaherty, “2nd Whistleblower Comes Forward After Speaking with IG: Attorney,” ABC News, October 6, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2nd-whistleblower-forward-speaking-ig-attorney/story?id=66092396&cid=clicksource_77_null_bsq_hed.
41. Rebecca Klar, “Georgia GOP Submits Only Trump’s Name for Primary,” The Hill, December 3, 2019. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/472753-georgia-gop-submits-only-trumps-name-for-primary, Colin Campbell, “NC GOP Wants Its Primary Voters to Have Only One Choice: Trump,” The News & Observer, December 4, 2019. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article238050649.html.
Chapter 5: The Cultist
1. Paul Halsall, “Modern History Sourcebook: Hymn to Stalin,” August 1997, Fordham University, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/stalin-worship.asp.
2. Reed Richardson, “Thanks Be to Donald: Lou Dobbs Wishes Viewers a Great Weekend, Praises Trump for ‘Making Such a Thing Possible for Us All,’ ” Mediaite, September 14, 2019, https://www.mediaite.com/tv/thanks-be-to-donald-lou-dobbs-wishes-viewers-a-great-weekend-praises-for-trump-making-such-a-thing-possible-for-us-all/.
3. Callum Borchers, “This White House Statement on Trump’s ‘Positive Energy’ Reads like a Parody,” Washington Post, May 30, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/30/this-white-house-statement-on-trumps-positive-energy-reads-like-a-parody/.
4. Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45), tweet, August 7, 2019, https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/1159170408894959616.
5. “Cuomo to Trump Press Secretary: He Lies and You Know It,” CNN, August 8, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/08/29/cuomo-kayleigh-mcenany-trump-campaign-press-secretary-president-doesnt-lie-cpt-vpx.cnn.
6. Rebecca Morin, “RNC Chair Says Trump Primary Challengers Will ‘Lose Horribly,’ ” Politico, February 28, 2019, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/28/ronna-mcdaniel-2020-election-trump-1195652.
7. Paul Colford, “Down-to-Earth Reasons for that Heavenly Glow,” Associated Press, June 25, 2015, https://blog.ap.org/behind-the-news/down-to-earth-reasons-for-that-heavenly-glow.
8. Andrew Sullivan, “Andrew Sullivan on Barack Obama’s Gay Marriage Evolution,” Newsweek, May 13, 2012, https://www.newsweek.com/andrew-sullivan-barack-obamas-gay-marriage-evolution-65067.
9. David Paul Kuhn and Ben Smith, “Messianic Rhetoric Infuses Obama Rallies,” Politico, December 9, 2007, https://www.politico.com/story/2007/12/messianic-rhetoric-infuses-obama-rallies-007281.
10. Tamara Keith, “Cabinet Members Heap Praise on Trump,” NPR, June 13, 2017, https://www.npr.org/2017/06/13/532724771/cabinet-members-heap-praise-on-trump.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Aaron Blake, “In Cabinet Meeting, Pence Praises Trump Once Every 12 Seconds for Three Minutes Straight,” Washington Post, December 20, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/12/20/in-cabinet-meeting-pence-praises-trump-once-every-12-seconds-for-3-minutes-straight/.
15. John Gunther, Inside Europe (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940), 516–26, https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.149663/2015.149663.Inside-Europe#page/n537/mode/2up, 516–17.
16. CNN Transcripts, January 8, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/08/this-is-the-best-argument-to-be-made-for-trumps-political-greatness/.
17. Cheryl McHenry, Bonnie Meibers, and Thomas Gnau, “President Trump to Dayton Shooting Victim: ’. . . We’re with You All the Way,’ ” Dayton Daily News, August 8, 2019, https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/dayton-shooting-president-trump-coming-city-wednesday/V4Pvg4gNnStletCnWhC3fL/.
18. “Sen. Sherrod Brown, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley Speak to Press on Trump’s Visit,” Cincinnati Enquirer, August 7, 2019, https://www.cincinnati.com/videos/news/2019/08/07/sen-brown-dayton-mayor-whaley-speak-press-trumps-visit/1946217001/.
19. Daniel Dale, “Fact Check: Trump Falsely Accuses Sherrod Brown, Dayton Mayor of Misrepresenting His Hospital Visit,” CNN, August 7, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/politics/fact-check-trump-brown-hospital-visit-dayton/index.html.
20. Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45), tweet, August 7, 2019, https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/1159170408894959616.
21. Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec), tweet, August 7, 2019, https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1159174708199223296.
22. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), tweet, August 7, 2019, https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1159189580697858048.
23. “Remarks by President Trump Before Meeting with Law Enforcement Personnel at Emergency Operations Center | El Paso, TX,” White House Remarks, August 7, 2019. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meeting-law-enforcement-personnel-emergency-operations-center-el-paso-tx/.
24. Brian Klaas, “I Study Authoritarian Despots, and Trump Is Borrowing a Lot of Their Tactics,” Vice, January 30, 2017, https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d7x7qx/i-study-authoritarian-despots-and-trump-is-borrowing-a-lot-of-their-tactics.
25. “Trump Gets Negative Ratings for Many Personal Traits, but Most Say He Stands Up for His Beliefs,” Pew Research Center, October 1, 2019, https://www.people-press.org/2018/10/01/trump-gets-negative-ratings-for-many-personal-traits-but-most-say-he-stands-up-for-his-beliefs/.
26. “Presidential Ratings—Personal Characteristics,” Gallup, https://news.gallup.com/poll/1732/presidential-ratings-personal-characteristics.aspx.
27. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, “Donald Trump’s Cult of Personality,” HuffPost, January 15, 2017, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trumps-cult-of-per_b_8992650.
28. “Republicans Now Are More Open to the Idea of Expanding Presidential Power,” Pew Research Center, August 7, 2019, https://www.people-press.org/2019/08/07/republicans-now-are-more-open-to-the-idea-of-expanding-presidential-power/.
29. Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom), tweet, May 5, 2019, https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1125131891965878276.
30. Rush Limbaugh, “Why We Must Hang with Trump on Tariffs,” iHeart Radio, May 13, 2019, https://news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/2019-05-13-rush-limbaugh-blog-why-we-must-hang-with-trump-on-tariffs/.
31. Thom Tillis, “I Support Trump’s Vision on Border Security. But I Would Vote Against the Emergency,” Washington Post, February 25, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/25/i-support-trumps-vision-border-security-i-would-vote-against-emergency/.
32. Brian Murphy, “Tillis Reverses Course, Votes to Support Trump on National Emergency Declaration,” Charlotte Observer, March 14, 2019, https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article227742754.html.
33. “Read the Unclassified Version of the Whistleblower complaint Against Trump, CBS Ne
ws, September 26, 2019. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblower-complaint-full-text-read-the-unclassified-version-of-the-whistleblower-complaint-against-president/.
34. Patrick Reevell and Lucien Bruggeman, “Ukrainians Understood Biden Probe Was Condition for Trump-Zelenskiy Talks, Says Former Ukrainian Adviser,” ABC News, September 25, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ukrainians-understood-biden-probe-condition-trump-zelenskiy-phone/story?id=65863043.
35. John Santucci, Alexander Mallin, Pierre Thomas, and Katherine Faulders, “Trump Urged Ukraine to Work with Barr and Giuliani to Probe Biden: Call Transcript,” ABC News, September 25, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-trump-call-ukraine-includes-talk-giuliani-barr/story?id=65848768.
36. Ibid.
37. Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom), tweet, September 26, 2019, https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1177213462017171458.
38. Andrew P. Bakaj, “RE: Safety Concerns Regarding the Intelligence Community Whistleblower,” Compass Rose Legal Group, September 28, 2019, https://compassrosepllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_0928_-Correspondence-to-DNI.pdf.
39. “Trump: ‘Trying to Find Out’ Whistleblower Identity,” Associated Press, YouTube, September 30, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7L-eRBNAk.
40. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), tweet, October 1, 2019, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1179023004241727489.
41. Tom Jacobs, “A Cult Expert Finds Familiar Patterns of Behavior in Trump’s GOP,” Pacific Standard, June 21, 2018, https://psmag.com/news/a-sociologist-explains-the-similarities-between-cults-and-trumps-gop.
42. Jason Lemon, “ ‘At Least Two Dozen’ Republicans in House Are ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Trump’s Ukraine Actions: Congressman,” Newsweek, October 6, 2019, https://www.newsweek.com/least-two-dozen-republicans-house-deeply-concerned-trump-ukraine-congressman-1463427.
43. Mariam Khan, “GOP Senators Critical of President Trump over Ukraine Dealings, Syria,” ABC News, October 21, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-senators-critical-president-trump-ukraine-dealings-syria/story?id=66417302.
44. ” ‘This Week’ Transcript 11-3-19: Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Eliot Engel, Rep. Steve Scalise,” ABC News, November 3, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-11-19-mayor-pete-buttigieg-rep/story?id=66721987.
Chapter 6: The Narcissist
1. He referred to himself alternatively as “John Miller” and “John Barron”; see Marc Fisher and Will Hobson, “Donald Trump Masqueraded as Publicist to Brag About Himself,” Washington Post, May 13, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-alter-ego-barron/2016/05/12/02ac99ec-16fe-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html?asdfk.
2. “Republican Presidential Politics,” C-SPAN, July 14, 2016, https://www.c-span.org/video/?412218-3/washington-journal-peter-wehner-republican-party-campaign-2016.
3. George T. Conway III, “Unfit for Office,” The Atlantic, October 3, 2019, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/george-conway-trump-unfit-office/599128/.
4. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), tweet, October 7, 2019, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1181232249821388801.
5. Aaron Blake, “President Trump’s Full Washington Post Interview Transcript, Annotated,” Washington Post, November 27, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/27/president-trumps-full-washington-post-interview-transcript-annotated/?noredirect=on.
6. Conway, “Unfit for Office.”
7. Ibid.
8. Lori Robertson, “Factcheck: Adam Schiff’s ‘Parody’ and President Trump’s Response,” USA Today, November 13, 2019. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/13/impeaching-hearing-factcheck-adam-schiff-parody/4178449002/.
9. Ed Morrissey, “Stephanopoulos to Schiff: If What Trump Said Was So Bad, Why Make Up Dialogue?,” Hot Air, September 30, 2019, https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2019/09/30/stephanopoulos-schiff-trump-said-bad-make-dialogue/.
10. Donald J. Trump, tweet, September 30, 2019, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1178643854737772545.
11. “Remarks by President Trump and President Niinistö of the Republic of Finland Before Bilateral Meeting,” White House Remarks, October 2, 2019. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president-niinisto-republic-finland-bilateral-meeting/.
12. Erica Payne, “Granny off the Cliff Part 2,” YouTube, August 11, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrdeyMNZW88.
13. Eli Stokols, “Listen: Audio of Trump Discussing Whistleblower at Private Event: ‘That’s Close to a Spy,’ ” Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2019, https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-26/trump-at-private-breakfast-who-gave-the-whistle-blower-the-information-because-thats-almost-a-spy.
14. Masha Gessen, “Donald Trump’s Very Soviet Fixation on Applause,” The New Yorker, February 6, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/donald-trumps-very-soviet-fixation-on-applause.
15. “Read the Trump-Ukraine Phone Call Readout,” Politico, September 25, 2019. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/25/trump-ukraine-phone-call-transcript-text-pdf-1510770.
16. “Transcript: ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos’ Exclusive Interview with President Trump,” ABC News, June 16, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-exclusive-interview-president/story?id=63749144.
17. Pilar Melendez, “Trump: ‘China Should Start an Investigation into the Bidens,’ ” The Daily Beast, October 3, 2019, https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-china-should-start-an-investigation-into-the-bidens.
18. N. Gregory Mankiw, “Economists Actually Agree on This: The Wisdom of Free Trade,” New York Times, April 24, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/upshot/economists-actually-agree-on-this-point-the-wisdom-of-free-trade.html?mcubz=0.
Chapter 7: Fixing the Presidency
1. Tim Alberta, American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump (New York: Harper, 2019), 347.
2. Tucker Higgins, “Nancy Pelosi Warns GOP That a Democratic President Could Declare Gun Violence a National Emergency,” CNBC, February 14, 2019, https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/pelosi-warns-gop-that-a-democratic-president-could-declare-a-national-emergency-on-guns.html; Benjy Sarlin, “Tom Steyer: I’ll Declare a National Emergency to Tackle Climate Change,” NBC News, October 18, 2019, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1034801#blogHeader.
3. Ben Watson, “US Customs Officer Harasses Defense One Journalist at Dulles Airport,” Defense One, October 4, 2019, https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2019/10/us-customs-officer-harasses-defense-one-journalist-dulles/160380/.
4. Jonathan Chait, “Trump Directs Government to Punish Washington Post Owner,” New York Intelligencer, August 2, 2019, http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/trump-punish-amazon-washington-post-owner-jeff-bezos.html.
5. “50 States and Territories Projects,” NPR, https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6382249-50-States-and-Territories-Projects.
6. Mike Lee, “Sen. Lee Introduces ARTICLE ONE Act to Reclaim Congressional Power,” March 12, 2019, https://www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2019/3/sen-lee-introduces-article-one-act-to-reclaim-congressional-power.
7. Donald F. McGahn II, “Memorandum to All White House Staff,” January 27, 2017, Politico, https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015a-dde8-d23c-a7ff-dfef4d530000.
8. Rebecca Jones, “The Dangers of Chronic Federal Vacancies,” Project on Government Oversight, August 6, 2019, https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2019/08/the-dangers-of-chronic-federal-vacancies/.
9. Michael Crowley and Tyler Pager, “Trump Urges Russia to Hack Clinton’s Email,” Politico, July 27, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-putin-no-relationship-226282.
10. Melanie Arter, “Trump to Ukraine: ‘There’s a Lot of Talk About Biden’s Son, That Biden Stopped the Prosecution,’ ” CBS News, September 25, 2019, https://www.cnsnews.c
om/news/article/melanie-arter/trump-ukraine-theres-lot-talk-about-bidens-son-biden-stopped-prosecution.
11. Kevin Breuninger, “Trump Says China Should Investigate the Bidens, Doubles Down on Ukraine Probe,” CNBC, October 3, 2019, https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/trump-calls-for-ukraine-china-to-investigate-the-bidens.html.
12. “Transcript: ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos’ Exclusive Interview with President Trump,” ABC News, June 16, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-exclusive-interview-president/story?id=63749144.
13. Morgan Phillips, “Trump Scraps Plans to Host 2020 G-7 Summit at Doral Resort amid Dem Uproar,” Fox News, October 20, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doral-resort-out-2020-g7-summit.
14. 5 US Code, section 3110, “Employment of Relatives; Restrictions,” December 16, 1967, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3110.
15. David Shepardson, “Trump Praises Chinese President Extending Tenure ‘for Life,’ ” March 3, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-china/trump-praises-chinese-president-extending-tenure-for-life-idUSKCN1GG015.
16. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), tweet, August 21, 2019, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164138796205654016.
17. David Mack (@davidmackau), tweet, August 21, 2019, https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1164217774564159488.
Chapter 8: Fixing Conservatism
1. Colin Dwyer, “Donald Trump: ‘I Could . . . Shoot Somebody, and I Wouldn’t Lose Any Voters,’ ” NPR, January 23, 2016, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/23/464129029/donald-trump-i-could-shoot-somebody-and-i-wouldnt-lose-any-voters.
2. Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs), tweet, July 15, 2019, https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1150911765699579904.
3. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), tweet, October 7, 2019, https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1181232249821388801.
4. Judd Gregg, “Judd Gregg: Trump Is the Almost, Occasionally, Pretty Close to Socialist Policy Guy,” The Hill, September 16, 2019, https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/461505-judd-gregg-trump-is-the-almost-occasionally-pretty-close-to-socialist-policy.