Fire and Fury (49 page)

Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-,
231

60 Minutes
(TV show),
309

666 Fifth Avenue,
211
,
281

Skybridge Capital,
269–70

Slate
,
98–99

Slovenia,
15

Smith, Justin,
78

Snowden, Edward,
42
,
95

Soros, George,
178

Special Operations,
265

Spencer, Richard,
127
,
129–30
,
137–39
,
292–94

Spicer, Sean,
10
,
47–48
,
64
,
91
,
96
,
122
,
132
,
160
,
205–7
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211
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217–18
,
223
,
229
,
251–52
,
257–58
,
261
,
272–73
,
282
,
286
,
296
,
307

Spy
magazine,
74

Starr, Ken,
233

State Department,
63
,
86
,
228–29
,
231

Steele, Christopher,
37
,
99

Steele dossier,
37–39
,
92–93
,
102
,
151
,
156

steel industry,
67–68

Steinmetz, Benny,
211

Stone, Roger,
13
,
17
,
55
,
288

Strange, Luther,
302–4

Strategic and Policy Forum,
87–89

Suzy
magazine,
15

Swan, Jonathan,
299

Syria,
42
,
183–84
,
188–93
,
219
,
226
,
265

Taliban,
267

tax reform,
87
,
167
,
224
,
290

Tea Party,
5
,
18
,
26
,
33
,
58–59
,
128
,
161–63

Thiel, Peter,
21
,
222
,
309

Thrush, Glenn,
91
,
277

Tillerson, Rex,
4
,
21
,
86
,
211
,
225
,
229
,
265
,
267
,
296
,
304–6

Time
magazine,
50
,
56
,
93
,
130
,
147
,
276

Time Warner,
78
,
92

trade,
116
,
174
,
276

transgender ban,
284

Treasury Department,
133

Trotta, Liz,
223

Trudeau, Justin,
107
,
228

Truman, Harry,
61

Trump, Barron,
14

Trump, Don, Jr.,
17–18
,
27
,
204
,
252–61
,
271
,
278–79
,
307

Trump, Donald

Abe meeting at Mar-a-Lago and,
106

Afghanistan and,
263–68

Ailes on,
2–8

Ailes’s funeral and,
222–24

Alabama GOP Senate run-off,
301–4

Apprentice
and,
30
,
76

Bannon and,
1–8
,
31–32
,
35
,
52–53
,
59–65
,
93
,
122
,
146–47
,
158
,
187
,
190–91
,
232–37
,
289
,
301
,
308–10

Bannon firing and,
173–83
,
298–300

Billy Bush tape and,
13–14
,
34

business and finances of,
17–18
,
36–37
,
39
,
99
,
100
,
102
,
240
,
252–53
,
277–79

business councils and,
87–89
,
298

cabinet appointments and,
4–5
,
86

campaign and,
3
,
12–18
,
59–60
,
66–67
,
99
,
101
,
112
,
114
,
134
,
157
,
201–4

Canada and,
228

chaotic leadership style of,
108–24

Charlottesville and,
293–96
,
298

China and,
193–95
,
228
,
297–98

Comey and,
168–69
,
210–20
,
224
,
232–33
,
242
,
244–46

Congress and,
116–18

Conway and,
146–47
,
200–203

CPAC and,
126–39

DOJ and,
155–56
,
168–69

electoral victory of,
3
,
9–20
,
24
,
34–39

executive orders and,
61–65
,
120

fake news and,
39
,
48
,
135–36
,
152
,
168
,
215
,
237

Flynn and,
103–4
,
106–7

foreign policy and,
184
,
226–28

future of presidency of,
308–10

Gorsuch nomination and,
85–87

Haley and,
305–6

Hannity interview and,
309

Harrisburg trip and,
209

immigration and,
61–65
,
68
,
117

inauguration and,
1
,
40–44
,
47–51
,
251

information and influences on,
70–71
,
108–9
,
113–16
,
188
,
192–93

intelligence briefings and,
115

intelligence community and,
41–42

Israel and,
231

Ivanka and,
69–71
,
79–80
,
181
,
187
,
237
,
252
,
257–58
,
290

Jews and,
140–44

Kelly as chief of staff and,
285–91
,
294–97
,
304–7

Kislyak meeting in Oval Office and,
218–19

Kushner and,
40
,
69–73
,
93
,
122
,
126
,
142
,
145
,
179
,
181–82
,
211
,
252–53
,
290

McMaster and,
188–90
,
193
,
289

media and,
34–35
,
39
,
46–47
,
51
,
74–76
,
89–93
,
96–99
,
195–209
,
215
,
224
,
247–51
,
260

Melania and,
14–15
,
43

Mercers and,
178–80

Mexico and,
77–78
,
228

Mueller investigation and,
220–21
,
223
,
229–30
,
232–33
,
238–41
,
243
,
256
,
258
,
261–62
,
277–80
,
306
,
308

Murdoch and,
19–20
,
60–61

New York Times
interview of,
277

NFL controversy and,
303–4

nightly phone calls and,
85
,
92
,
121–23
,
158
,
188
,
210
,
215
,
230
,
279

normalizing influences on,
138
,
179
,
183–88

North Korea and,
106
,
291–93
,
298

Obamacare and,
164–71
,
175
,
224
,
283

Obama wiretapping accusation and,
157–60

O’Reilly and,
196–97

pardon power and,
256

Paris Climate Accord and,
238–39

Pence and,
123

personality and behavior of,
21–24
,
35
,
54–55
,
70–73
,
83
,
114
,
158
,
232
,
242–31
,
248
,
303

phone calls with foreign leaders,
78

political style of,
45–48
,
249–51

popular vote and,
34

press secretary and,
110
,
205–6
,
272–74

Priebus as chief of staff and,
26–34
,
109–10
,
122
,
146
,
187
,
243
,
285

Republican Party and,
112
,
163

right wing and,
196–97
,
222–23
,
237

Russia and,
24
,
37–39
,
41
,
95–107
,
151–54
,
168
,
190–91
,
212
,
218–21
,
236–42
,
244–45
,
253–62
,
271–72
,
278–79
,
283
,
303
,
307–8

Saudi Arabia and,
224–32

Scaramucci and,
269–71
,
273–74
,
282–84

Scarborough and Brzezinski and,
66–69
,
247–49

Sessions and,
155–56
,
241–42
,
245
,
277
,
284

sexual harassment and,
23
,
238

sons and,
252–53

speaking style of,
135–37

speech at Huntsville for Strange,
303–4

speech to Boy Scouts,
284

speech to CIA,
48–51
,
65

speech to joint session of Congress,
147–50

staff doubts about,
186
,
232–33
,
242–43
,
304–5

staff infighting and,
122–23

Syria and,
183–84
,
188–93

tax reform and,
224

tax returns and,
18
,
278

television and,
113
,
150
,
188
,
197

transition and,
24–36
,
103
,
110
,
112
,
144

White House Correspondents’ dinner and,
198–99
,
208–9

White House living quarters and,
70
,
83–85
,
90–92

women as confidants of,
199–200

Yates and,
94–96
,
98
,
214–16

Trump, Eric,
17
,
27
,
252–53

Trump, Freddy (brother),
72

Trump, Fred (father),
72
,
90
,
295

Trump, Ivanka,
13
,
15
,
17–19
,
64

Afghanistan and,
266–68

background of,
73
,
75
,
78–81
,
141
,
179

Bannon and,
145
,
147
,
174
,
176
,
179–81
,
187
,
208
,
235–39
,
243
,
261–62
,
267
,
274
,
276
,
280–81
,
289
,
291
,
297

Charlottesville rally and,
294

China dinner and,
194

Christie and,
31

Comey and,
170
,
210–13
,
216–17
,
233
,
237
,
245
,
261–62

Haley and,
305

Kelly and,
288–90
,
306

media and,
156
,
202–3
,
207
,
272–73
,
277–79

Obamacare and,
166

Paris Climate Accord and,
239

Powell and,
81–82
,
140
,
145–46
,
186–88

Russia and,
239
,
256–58
,
261–62
,
273
,
307–8

Saudi Arabia and,
229
,
231

Syria and,
190
,
192

White House role of,
68–71
,
78–81
,
118–19
,
181
,
187
,
200
,
252
,
285

White House staff and,
124
,
146–48
,
202–3
,
268
,
272–73
,
282–83
,
286
,
289

Trump, Melania,
14–15
,
18
,
29
,
43–44
,
84
,
229
,
231
,
291
,
308

Trump International Hotels,
43
,
200–201
,
298
,
300

Trump SoHo,
210

Trump Tower,
25
,
35–37
,
60
,
83–84
,
100
,
108

Don Jr. meeting with Russians at,
253–61
,
271–72
,
307

Kislyak meeting with Kushner and Flynn at,
154