I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
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Frey, Jacob, 148
Frieden, Thomas, 218
Gao, George Fu, 13–14, 15, 40, 52
Gardner, Amy, 443
Garner, Eric, 149
Garrison, Ben, 218
Gates, Bob, 432–33
Gates, Rick, pardon of, 429
Georgia vote
and Democratic voter participation, 318, 354
and early voting, 264, 318, 320
Election Day, 320
recount of, 392
and rigged election claims, 391–92, 403–4, 407, 408, 426, 431–32, 436, 449–50, 511
and “Stop the Steal” threats, 419, 420
and Trump campaign legal challenges, 355, 358, 377–78
and Trump campaign pressure on state officials, 379, 429–32, 442–44
Gerbasi, Gina, 167, 169–70
Germany, Ryan, 442–43
Gerson, Michael, 151
Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom, 31, 65, 105
Gidley, Hogan, 34
Giebels, Tim, 466–67
Gillibrand, Kirsten, 196
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 287
Giroir, Brett, 277
Giuliani, Andrew, 339–40, 385, 390, 393
Giuliani, Rudy
and Hunter Biden laptop revelation, 320–25
Borat 2 on, 325
Capitol insurrection pardon possibility, 489
and Congressional vote certification, 437–38, 447, 449
Election Day, 339–40, 344
and election legal challenges, 356, 377, 378, 379–81, 385, 386, 387–90, 397–98
enrichment of, 380
and first presidential debate, 288, 293
Four Seasons Total Landscaping news conference, 357, 389
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 109
and rigged election claims, 356–57, 359, 372, 373, 390–93, 427–28, 459
and Russian election interference, 237
and “Save America” rally, 457–58
and Southern District of New York, 190
and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 306
and Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 288
and Ukraine pressure campaign, 50, 133
Givhan, Robin, 244
Glaude, Eddie, Jr., 5
Goertz, Tana, 97
Goldfein, David, 185
Goldmacher, Shane, 225
Goodman, Eugene, 464, 465
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 492
Gore, Al, 449
Gorka, Sebastian, 134
Gorman, Amanda, 504
Gorsuch, Neil, 411
Gottlieb, Scott, 33, 35, 64
Grady, Christine, 220, 252
Graham, Lindsey
and Berman firing, 196
and Hunter Biden laptop revelation, 323
and Capitol insurrection, 466, 477–78
and Congressional vote certification, 440, 449, 454, 483
Election Day, 340
and FBI Russia investigation, 176–77
and first presidential debate, 291–92
pressure on Georgia state officials, 379
and rigged election claims, 379, 393, 410
and Trump legacy repair plans, 496
on Trump reelection campaign, 117
on Trump’s coronavirus public statements, 114
on 2020 elections, 354
Grand Princess, 74, 76
Gray, Freddie, 157
Greenblatt, Jason, 270
Greene, Marjorie Taylor, 384, 432
Greeson, Kevin, 464
Grenell, Ric, 135
Grisham, Stephanie, 34, 125
Grogan, Joe
and Azar, 33, 100, 119, 120–21
and coronavirus task force, 72
and coronavirus White House staff briefings, 33–34
and Europe travel ban, 78, 81
on Kushner, 99
and leak accusations, 43, 100–101
and White House staff briefings on coronavirus, 34–35
Guilfoyle, Kimberly, 222, 456, 458, 518–19
Gupta, Sanjay, 68
Guthrie, Savannah, 316–17
Haberman, Maggie, 155, 225, 306
Hahn, Stephen
and Azar, 121
and Caputo’s illness, 277
and convalescent plasma treatments, 245, 246, 247, 248–49
coronavirus task-force membership, 72
and “doctors’ group,” 94
firing possibility, 375
and Hicks coronavirus diagnosis, 298
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 109–10, 111
and vaccine development, 283, 284, 368–69
White House exclusion of, 228
Halbank investigation, 191
Haley, Nikki, 515–16
Hannity, Sean, 206, 298, 413
Harp, Natalie, 250
Harris, Kamala, 403, 504
Harris, Michael “Harry-O,” 501
Harrison, Brian, 27, 47, 68–69
Harrison, Jaime, 340
Haspel, Gina, 237, 330, 359, 414–16, 417
Hassett, Kevin, 98, 132
Hawley, Josh, 433, 453, 478
health care, 24–25
Hemmer, Bill, 343, 344
Herschmann, Eric, 322, 357, 371–72, 410, 425, 426–27, 456
Hicks, Hope
and Atlas, 227
coronavirus diagnosis, 296–98, 299, 310–11
Election Day, 345
and election legal challenges, 354
and election optimism, 332
and Europe travel ban, 78
and first presidential debate, 288
and Lafayette Square incident, 165, 169
and Operation Warp Speed, 144
and Republican National Convention, 249–50
on rigged election claims, 373–74
and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 308
and Trump’s coronavirus public statements, 81–82
and Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 288
withdrawal of, 400
“Hill We Climb, The” (Gorman), 504
Hitler, Adolf, 5–6, 383, 437
Hoelscher, Doug, 85
Hogan, Larry, 54, 157–58, 399, 470–71, 480–81
Hogan, Yumi, 54–55
Hokanson, Dan, 469
House Democrats
and impeachment trial (2020), 23–24
and Postal Service dismantling, 241–42
and Russian election interference, 236, 237, 238, 261
and vaccine distribution funding, 272–73
Hoyer, Steny, 470–71
hydroxychloroquine treatment, 87–88, 109–11, 180–82
Hyten, John, 173
impeachment (2021), 6, 498
impeachment trial (2020), 11, 23–24, 48–51, 77, 148, 260, 323
See also Trump’s internal retribution campaign
Independence Day military parade plans, 211–13
India, 61
Ingraham, Laura, 87, 103, 109, 288, 339, 348, 518
Insurrection Act (1807), 159, 160, 173, 175, 239, 240, 437
Iran
and Abraham Accords, 270
Baghdad U.S. embassy attack (Dec. 31, 2019), 11, 17
and Milley’s mission, 189
nuclear deal, 16
Soleimani assassination, 16–19, 435–36, 445
and 2020 elections, 237
and USS Nimitz, 445
Irving, Paul, 462
Islamic State, 19
Jacob, Greg, 440, 448–49
Jacobs, Jennifer, 298
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sp; Jansing, Chris, 68
Jed, Adam, 57
Jefferson, Thomas, 448, 508–9
Jenkins, John, 288
Jericho March, 418, 419
Johnson, Alice, 250, 499, 500
Johnson, Ron, 311, 478
Jones, Alex, 384, 418
Jordan, Jim, 491–92
Karem, Brian, 278
Karni, Annie, 306
Kasich, John, 243
Kavanaugh, Brett, 411–12, 513
Keefe, Brendan, 443
Kellogg, Keith
and Capitol insurrection, 467, 475
and China travel ban, 45
and Congressional vote certification, 440, 456, 457
and coronavirus task-force press briefings, 71
and Europe travel ban, 78
and Haspel firing possibility, 415–16
and Iran, 17–18
and Lafayette Square incident, 187
and military base renaming proposals, 182, 183–84
and post-insurrection Pence-Trump relationship, 494
and racial injustice protests, 153–54
and Russian election interference, 262
and Troye, 49
and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 159
and White House staff briefings on coronavirus, 34
Kelly, Greg, 424
Kelly, John, 137, 360, 364, 366, 482
Kelly, Mike, 412
Kemp, Brian, 378, 430
Kemp, Jack, 118
Kennedy, Max, Jr., 95–98
Kenny, Timothy, 381
Kerik, Bernard, 385
Kernen, Joe, 30–31
Khan, Imran, 18–19
Kilmeade, Brian, 155–56
Kim Jong Un, threats by, 11
King, Angus, 261, 440–41
King, Rodney, 159
Kirk, Charlie, 97
Klain, Ron, 34–35
Kravis, Jonathan, 57
Krebs, Chris, 382–83
Kube, Courtney, 342, 360
Kudlow, Larry
and Capitol insurrection, 477
on closures/reopenings, 93
and Europe travel ban, 78
and rigged election claims, 373, 393
and “Save America” rally, 446
and Trump’s pressure on state officials, 444
Kushner, Charles, 500
Kushner, Jared
and Atlas, 227
and campaign rallies, 179
and Cipollone resignation possibility, 490
on coronavirus precautions, 226
and data modeling, 97, 98–99
and Democratic voter participation, 319
and election briefings for Trump, 264
Election Day, 335, 339, 345
and election legal challenges, 354, 380
and Esper firing possibility, 360
and Europe travel ban, 78, 80, 81, 82
and McEnany, 125
and McEntee, 137
and Meadows, 77
and Middle East treaties, 270, 495
and Operation Warp Speed, 142, 143
and Parscale demotion, 209–10, 221, 290
and post-insurrection Pence-Trump relationship, 494–95
power of, 7
and PPE/medical supplies, 95–98, 119–20
and presidential pardons, 490, 499, 500, 501
and Republican National Convention, 249
and rigged election claims, 371
status of, 97
and Trump legacy repair plans, 495–96
on Trump’s coronavirus public statements, 114
and vaccine development, 374
and vaccine development timetable, 283
and White House coronavirus response, 60
and Wrap firing, 135
Lafayette Square incident, 164–71
Esper’s public response, 173–77
Mattis on, 185
Meadows’s role, 164
media on, 172–73
Milley’s speech on, 186–88
Mullen on, 184–85
Ornato’s role, 166
perimeter expansion plan, 164, 166
police violence, 167, 169–70
Trump’s Rose Garden appearance, 167–68
Trump’s St. John’s Episcopal Church appearance, 164–65, 168–70
Lankford, James, 198, 464, 483
Lapan, David, 104, 307
Laurie McGinley, 217
law and order rhetoric
and Barr’s Operation Legend tour, 267
and Lafayette Square incident, 167
and Nazi Germany, 6
and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 2, 159
leaks and leak accusations, 43, 100–101, 121
Ledeen, Barbara, 365
Ledeen, Michael, 365
Lee, Mike, 311, 466
legal challenges. See Trump campaign legal challenges
Levi, Will, 136, 137, 472
Lewandowski, Corey, 306
Liddell, Chris, 33, 78, 279, 477
Lil’ Wayne, 501
Limbaugh, Rush, 48
Lincoln Project, 209, 439
Lindell, Mike, 179–80, 438
Liu, Jessie, 56, 58, 190, 192
Lloyd, Thomas, 463
lockdowns. See closures/reopenings
Loeffler, Kelly, 403, 431, 447, 449, 453
Luna, Nick, 311
Luttig, Mike, 450–52, 462
Lyons, Derek, 81, 332
MacCallum, Martha, 220, 343
Mac Isaac, John Paul, 322
Maguire, Joseph, 50, 237
mail-in balloting, 207, 216–17, 241, 265–66, 278, 335–36
Manafort, Paul, 429, 500
Manchin, Joe, 514
Mango, Paul, 374
Mar-a-Lago, 11, 76, 506, 515, 518–19
Marando, Michael, 57
Marks, Peter, 245, 246–47
Marroletti, Chris, 463–64
Martin, Mark, 438
masks. See coronavirus precautions; PPE/medical supplies
Matthews, Sarah, 477, 479
Mattis, James, 185–86, 343, 366, 444
Ma Xiaowei, 52
McCabe, Andrew, 59, 405
McCain, John, 354, 513
McCarthy, Kevin, 22, 266, 470, 472–73, 475–76, 481
McCarthy, Ryan, 468, 469, 473, 480–81
McCloskey, Mark and Patricia, 250
McConnell, Mitch
and Biden inauguration, 503
and Capitol insurrection, 462, 467, 472–73, 480, 481, 482
congratulations to Biden, 421
and Congressional vote certification, 421, 433, 463, 480, 481
and Georgia Senate runoff elections, 431, 432, 454
on rigged election claims, 402–3, 420–21
and Trump followers’ threats of violence, 441
Trump’s anger at, 514
on Trump’s peaceful transfer of power commitment refusal, 279
vandalism and threats against, 434, 441
McConville, James, 469
McCusker, Elaine, 50
McDaniel, Ronna, 311, 332, 339, 341
McEnany, Kayleigh
appointment of, 125–26
and Capitol insurrection, 465, 477
coronavirus diagnosis, 311, 316
Election Day, 335, 338, 339
and election optimism, 332
and Hicks coronavirus diagnosis, 297
and racial injustice protests, 149, 206
and Trump campaign legal challenges, 413
and White House muzzling of pu
blic health officials, 128
McEntee, Johnny
and Atlas, 227
and Caputo, 100
and election legal challenges, 377
and Esper firing, 362
and political appointees resignation prohibition, 367–68, 403
and Trump’s retribution campaign, 136–37, 362
McGahn, Don, 372
McGinley, Laurie, 283
McGinn, Thomas, 302
McGowan, Kyle, 12, 13
McKenzie, Frank, 445
McKenzie, Kenneth, 174
McLaughlin, John, 264–65
McMaster, H. R., 364, 365–66
McRaven, William, 50–51
McSally, Martha, 320
Meadows, Mark
appointment of, 77
and Atlas, 230
and Azar, 88, 120
and Barr resignation, 423
and bunker story, 155
and campaign rallies, 179
and Capitol insurrection, 467, 475, 476, 480
and Capitol insurrection pardon possibilities, 489
on closures/reopenings, 93
and Congressional vote certification, 437–38, 447, 456
control over White House coronavirus response, 127
and convalescent plasma treatments, 246, 249
coronavirus diagnosis, 359
coronavirus pandemic failure acknowledgement, 328
and coronavirus precautions, 226, 300, 303
and Durham investigation of FBI, 103–4, 139, 406, 409
Election Day, 335, 338, 339, 340, 344, 349
and election legal challenges, 378–79
and election optimism, 332
and Esper firing, 360, 361
and Esper’s public response to Lafayette Square incident, 174–75
and FDA treatment approval requests, 88
and Haspel, 415
and Haspel firing possibility, 416
and Hicks coronavirus diagnosis, 297
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 109, 110
and Iran, 445
and Lafayette Square incident, 164, 187
and McEnany, 125
and military base renaming proposals, 182
and Patel appointment plans, 416–17
and Pence office coronavirus outbreak, 327–28
and politicization of military, 212
post-insurrection period check-ins, 486–88
power of, 7
and rigged election claims, 349, 369, 399, 401, 406, 410, 430
and Russian election interference, 260
and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 300, 303, 306, 307, 308
and Trump’s Cuomo-Obama ticket theory, 140
and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 156, 160
and Trump’s pressure on state officials, 443–44
and Trump’s retribution campaign, 133
and undermining of Fauci, 219–20, 230
and vaccine development timetable, 275, 283
and vaccine distribution funding, 271–72