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Vaccine Research Center, 219
vaccines and vaccine research, 219, 283, 304–5, 313–14, 318, 325–26, 329–30, 349, 355–56, 363, 382
Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, 77
ventilator shortages, 289–90, 299, 307, 317
A Very Stable Genius (Rucker and Leonnig), 221–22
Vietnam/Vietnam War, 128, 129, 175, 219, 328, 336
Wall Street Journal, xiv, 219, 220, 257, 278, 279, 302, 357
Wallace, Chris, 266–67
Wallace, George, 346
Walmart, 302
Walsh, Elsa, 225, 308, 390
Walton, Reggie B., 161–62
Warner, Mark, 112
Warren, Elizabeth, 207, 222, 378
Washington, George, 123, 124, 228
Washington, Martha, 124
The Washington Post, 34, 45, 105, 112, 150, 166, 179, 221, 226, 228, 229, 237, 279, 304, 311, 313, 320, 344, 365, 370, 390
Watergate, 45, 51, 57, 105, 153, 204, 222
Wei Fenghe, 123–28
Weinberger, Caspar, 19
West Bank, 65, 67
West Nile virus, 289
West Point, 40, 121, 126–27, 132, 370
Westerhout, Madeleine, 48
wet markets, 211–12, 214, 305
Wheaton College, 24–25, 30
Whipple, Chris, 258
whistleblower report, 169–70, 199, 202–5
White House Coronavirus Task Force, 233, 243–44, 255, 280–81, 286–87, 353–54, Plate 13a
white privilege, discussions between Trump and Woodward on, 358–63, 366–69
Whitewater investigation, 20, 57, 58
WHO (World Health Organization), 242, 250–51, 277, 305
WilmerHale, 60
Wilson, Rita, 278
Win Bigly (Scott Adams), 258–59
“witch hunts,” 61, 153, 163, 164, 383, 406
“wolf warrior” diplomacy, 333–34
Woodward, Bob, xviii–xxii, 108, 174, 298, 308, 314–15, 316, 358–63, 366–69, 374–92, Plate 16. See also Trump, Donald, interviews with
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 223
World War I, 78
World War II, 221, 287, 306, 375, 390–91
Worldwide Threat Assessment, 148–49
Wray, Christopher, 116, 117
wrestling, Trump on, 37
WTO (World Trade Organization), 224–25
Wuhan, China, xv, 212–20, 229, 231–34, 250, 291, 305, 333, 335
Xi Jinping, 356, 357. See also China China as major U.S. security threat and, 232
COVID-19 and, xviii–xxi, 241–43, 290–95, 333–34, 356, Plate 15
image of, Plate 15
North Korea/Kim Jong Un and, 94
“One China” policy and, 261
presidential election (2016) and, 357
relationship with Trump, xix, xx, 116, 223–24, 241–43, 290–92, 294, 295, 317–18, 331–32
secret new American weapons system and, 185, Plate 16
South China Sea, on expansion into, 125–26
trade war/trade deal and, xix, xx, 223–24, 243
Xiang Songzuo, 194
Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, North Korea, 175
Zebley, Aaron, 154
Zelensky, Volodymyr, 168–69, 190, 199, 202
Zika virus, 289
Zucker, Howard, 253
Zuckerberg, Mark, 247, 248
Photography Credits
Drew Angerer (Getty): 15, 17
Jabin Botsford (The Washington Post via Getty Images): 4
Shealah Craighead (Official White House photographer): 16, 22
Glenn Fawcett (U.S. Customs and Border Protection): 10
Mikhail Klimentyev (Getty): 20
Shane T. McCoy (U.S. Marshals): 12
Win McNamee (Getty): 13
Peter Nicholls (Getty): 18
Pool (Getty): 21
Ron Przysucha (The State Department): 9
Gage Skidmore: 14
Chip Somodevilla (Getty): 8
Brendan Smialowski (Getty): 19
The State Department: 7
Elsa Walsh: 6
Alex Wong (Getty): 3, 11
Tech Sgt. Vernon Young Jr. (Department of Defense): 5
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