I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year

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by Carol Leonnig


  and White House muzzling of public health officials, 128, 129

  and Wray firing possibility, 137

  Merkel, Angela, 384

  Merriweather Post, Marjorie, 11, 515

  Messonnier, Nancy, 61, 65, 83

  Michael, Molly, 60, 205

  Middle East treaties, 6, 269–71, 495

  Miller, Chris

  appointment of, 361, 362–63, 364

  and Capitol insurrection, 469, 470, 473–74, 480, 481

  and Capitol insurrection security preparations, 446

  and coup concerns, 433

  and D.C. National Guard, 468

  and USS Nimitz, 445

  Miller, Jason

  and Biden’s lead, 263–64

  and campaign attacks on Fauci, 332

  Election Day, 339, 340, 345

  and election legal challenges, 354, 355, 377, 385–86, 387

  and Ellis, 381, 385–86

  and first presidential debate, 288

  and rigged election claims, 357, 390, 391, 392

  and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 306, 308

  and Trump’s orderly transition of power statement, 484

  and Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 288

  Miller, Katie, 64, 71, 131

  Miller, Max, 250–51

  Miller, Stephen

  and Congressional vote certification, 456

  coronavirus diagnosis, 311

  Election Day, 339

  and Europe travel ban, 81

  and first presidential debate, 288

  and military base renaming proposals, 182

  and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 156, 157, 158–59, 239–40

  and Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 288

  Milley, Mark

  and Afghanistan war withdrawal proposals, 367

  appointment of, 185–86

  and al-Baghdadi assassination, 19

  and Biden inauguration, 498–99, 504–5

  and Capitol insurrection, 436–37, 446, 452–53, 469, 473, 481

  coup concerns, 365–66, 432–34, 441–42, 487

  Election Day, 341

  and Esper firing, 361, 362–64

  and Esper’s public response to Lafayette Square incident, 173, 174

  firing possibility, 359, 360

  and Haspel firing possibility, 414

  and Iran, 16, 17, 189, 435, 445

  and Lafayette Square incident, 164, 165–66, 167, 168–69, 171, 172, 184, 185, 186–88

  and Mattis, 185–86

  and military base renaming proposals, 182–84

  and Million MAGA March, 383–84

  mission of, 188–89, 385

  and National Guard protest deployments, 165, 166

  and Patel appointment plans, 414, 415, 416–17

  on politicization of military, 185, 211–12

  post-insurrection period check-ins, 486–88, 491–92

  and “Save America” rally, 459

  as stabilizing force, 7

  on survival of democracy, 3

  and Trump instability concerns, 363–64, 492, 493

  and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 156–57, 158–59, 160–61, 162–63, 188–89, 239

  and unrest concerns, 333, 334, 336, 385

  and Walton kidnapping, 329

  Minneapolis protests, 150, 163

  Mnuchin, Steven, 46, 58, 78, 79, 80, 93

  Modi, Narendra, 61

  Monahan, Greg, 170

  Moon Jae-in, 54

  Morgan, Matt, 357, 427

  Morgenstern, Brian, 286–87

  Mount Rushmore speech (June 2020), 213–14

  Mueller, Carl and Marsha, 250

  Mueller investigation, 55, 102, 126, 424, 429, 501

  Mullen, Mike, 184–85

  Mulvaney, Mick

  as acting chief of staff, 32

  and American repatriations from China, 42–43

  and ascertainment refusal, 400

  and Azar, 33

  and briefings for Trump on coronavirus, 28, 38

  and China travel ban, 38–39, 41–42, 44, 46

  and Cipollone, 49

  firing of, 76–77

  presidential quid pro quo admission, 49

  and White House staff briefings on coronavirus, 34–35

  Murdoch, Rupert, 344, 345

  Murphy, Emily, 399–400

  Murray, Patty, 272–73, 274

  Murtaugh, Tim, 290–91

  MyPillow, 179–80

  National Guard

  and Capitol insurrection, 462, 464, 468–69, 470, 473, 481

  and racial injustice protests, 157–58, 160, 161–62, 165, 166, 174, 239

  and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 239

  National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 110

  National Institutes of Health (NIH), See also Collins, Francis

  National Security Council (NSC), 20, 27, 33, 37, 45

  Navarro, Peter, 39–40, 91–92, 110–11, 218

  Nazi Germany, 5–6, 383, 437

  Netanyahu, Benjamin, 65–66, 269–70

  Newman, Emily, 425

  Newsham, Peter, 170

  Nicklaus, Jack, 181

  Nixon, Richard M., 448

  Noem, Kristi, 213

  Norquist, David, 173

  North Korea, 11

  Nunes, Devin, 133, 364, 415

  Oakley, Caitlin, 64, 69

  OANN, 407–8, 437

  Obama, Barack, 243, 331, 502

  See also Obama administration

  Obama, Michelle, 140–41, 243–44, 502

  Obama administration

  and Durham investigation of FBI, 138–39

  and Ebola virus, 34–35

  and Evanina, 135

  Iran nuclear deal, 16

  O’Brien, Robert

  and administration chaos, 34

  and American repatriations from China, 43

  and Birx appointment, 68

  and briefings for Trump on coronavirus, 37–38

  and Capitol insurrection security preparations, 444

  and China travel ban, 41, 46

  and Chinese stonewalling, 36, 52–53, 54

  and Esper firing, 362, 364

  and Europe travel ban, 78, 80, 81

  and Iran, 436, 445

  and military base renaming proposals, 182

  and post-insurrection Pence-Trump relationship, 494

  post-insurrection resignation possibility, 488, 491

  and rigged election claims, 427

  and Russian election interference, 262

  and Trump’s coronavirus responses, 31–32

  and Walton kidnapping, 329–30

  and WHO funding suspension, 105

  and Wray firing possibility, 135

  Obst, Marty, 327

  Oczkowski, Matt, 339, 344, 356

  Offit, Paul, 282

  O’Malley, Devin, 328

  O’Mara, Margaret, 4

  1,000 Accomplishments of President Donald J. Trump: Highlights of the First Term, 507

  Operation Legend, 266–68, 269

  Operation Warp Speed, 2, 141–44, 282–83

  Ornato, Tony, 160, 166, 170, 467

  Ossoff, Jon, 403, 454

  pandemic. See coronavirus pandemic

  Papadopoulos, George, 429

  Parler, 417–18

  Parscale, Brad

  on Biden, 102

  and campaign advertising, 180, 197, 221

  and campaign rallies, 178–79, 197, 198, 200, 201

  demotion of, 209–10, 221–23,
289–90

  on economy, 52

  enrichment of, 209, 222, 223–24

  Lincoln Project ad on, 209

  mental breakdown incident, 289–91

  Trump reelection campaign advice, 207

  Trump’s attacks on, 201

  on Trump’s coronavirus public statements, 114

  and Trump’s Cuomo-Obama ticket theory, 140

  on vaping ban, 25, 26

  Passantino, Stefan, 322

  Patel, Kashyap

  and Capitol insurrection, 469

  and coup concerns, 365, 433

  and Esper firing, 362, 363

  FBI deputy director consideration, 133–34, 136, 137

  on Hicks coronavirus diagnosis, 297–98

  and Iran, 445

  as replacement for Wray or Haspel, 414, 415, 416–17

  and Walton kidnapping, 329, 330

  Patrick, Dan, 413

  Paxton, Ken, 413

  Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (2020), 114

  Pelosi, Nancy

  and Capitol insurrection, 465, 470, 471, 472–74, 480, 481

  and Congressional vote certification, 456, 480, 481, 483–84

  Election Day, 338

  and Esper firing, 363–64

  and impeachment (2021), 498

  and Postal Service dismantling, 241–42

  and rigged election claims, 347–48

  and Russian election interference, 236, 238, 261

  on survival of democracy, 6

  Trump instability concerns, 362–63, 492–93

  vandalism of home, 434

  Pence, Karen, 124

  Pence, Mike

  and ascertainment refusal, 399

  and Atlas, 228, 229, 230

  and Azar, 122

  and Biden inauguration, 503

  and Birx appointment, 68

  and campaign rallies, 178, 179

  and Capitol insurrection, 464–65, 466, 467, 474, 480, 482–83

  and China travel ban, 44–45, 46

  and Christie on White House coronavirus response, 89

  Congressional vote certification commitment, 3, 7, 461–62, 480, 481, 482–83, 484

  Congressional vote certification pressure, 437–40, 447, 450–52, 455–57, 459–60, 483, 508–9

  and coronavirus precautions, 96, 123–24, 259

  coronavirus task-force leadership, 44, 70–71, 80

  and cruise ban, 74, 75, 77, 286–87

  and election legal challenges, 377

  and Europe travel ban, 81

  and Fauci pandemic announcement, 69

  and Haspel firing possibility, 415, 416

  and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 111

  and Iran, 17

  and Lafayette Square incident, 168

  Lincoln Project ad on, 439

  and military base renaming proposals, 182

  and Katie Miller’s coronavirus diagnosis, 131

  office coronavirus outbreak, 327–28

  and Operation Warp Speed, 142

  post-insurrection relationship with Trump, 493–95

  Trump interview on, 508

  and Trump reelection campaign, 319–20

  and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 306–7

  and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 161

  and Trump’s insults to South Korea, 55

  and Trump’s 2024 political ambitions, 515

  and vaccine development, 374

  and White House coronavirus response, 60, 77–78

  and WHO pandemic declaration, 64–65

  Perdue, David, 403, 431, 447, 449, 454

  Perna, Gustave, 142, 282, 374

  Perrine, Eric, 377

  Pezzola, Dominic, 464

  Philipson, Tomas, 46

  Phillips, James, 308

  Piatt, Walter, 468

  Pierson, Katrina, 418

  Pirro, Albert, 503

  Pirro, Jeanine, 97, 339, 503

  politicization of military

  and Independence Day military parade plans, 211–12

  racial injustice protests and, 168–69, 171, 172–73, 184–85, 186, 187–88

  Pompeo, Mike

  and Afghanistan war, 367

  and Birx appointment, 68

  and Chinese stonewalling, 36

  and Esper, 343

  and Europe travel ban, 78

  and Iran, 445

  post-insurrection period check-ins, 486–88

  and Walton kidnapping, 330

  and Wuhan lab-leak theory, 105

  post-election period

  Afghanistan war withdrawal proposals, 366–67

  coronavirus task-force White House briefing, 395

  coup concerns, 365–66, 432–34, 441–42, 445

  drug pricing policy announcement, 394–95, 396

  Million MAGA March, 383–84

  political appointees resignation prohibition, 367–68, 403

  “Stop the Steal” rallies, 417–20

  unrest concerns, 383–84

  vaccine development, 374–76

  See also rigged election claims

  post-insurrection period, 486–98

  coup concerns, 487

  investigations, 489

  Pence-Trump relationship, 493–95

  top advisor check-ins, 486–88

  Trump instability concerns, 492–93

  Trump legacy repair plans, 495–96, 497

  Trump’s state of mind, 496

  Pottinger, Matthew

  and asymptomatic transmission reports, 36–38

  and Birx appointment, 67–68

  and briefings for Trump on coronavirus, 37–38

  and China travel ban, 41, 46

  and Chinese stonewalling, 52–53

  and coronavirus pandemic, 19–20

  and coronavirus precautions, 130

  and intelligence briefings on coronavirus pandemic, 19–20

  and White House coronavirus response, 78

  and White House staff briefings on coronavirus, 34

  and WHO funding suspension, 105

  and Wuhan lab-leak theory, 105, 106–7

  Powell, Sidney

  Christie on, 398

  and Congressional vote certification, 438–39

  and Flynn, 134

  and Flynn martial law proposal, 425

  Giuliani’s distancing from, 427–28

  Giuliani’s hiring of, 379–80

  and news conference (Nov. 19, 2020), 390–93

  notoriety of, 387

  and Oval Office meeting (Dec. 18), 425–27

  and Lin Wood, 431

  PPE/medical supplies, 85, 90, 91–92, 95–98, 119–20

  presidential elections. See elections (2000); elections (2016); 2020 elections

  presidential pardons, 429, 489, 490, 499–501

  presidential transition, 279

  ascertainment, 361, 398–400

  normal process, 398

  pardons, 429, 489, 490, 499–501

  and Trump’s peaceful transfer of power commitment refusal, 279, 280

  Priebus, Reince, 117

  Prince, Erik, 365

  Pritzker, J. B., 84–85, 90–91, 92, 163–64, 258–59

  ProMED, 13

  Proud Boys

  and Capitol insurrection, 460, 464

  and Million MAGA March, 384

  and “Stop the Steal” rallies, 417–18, 419, 435

  Trump’s “stand by” statement, 294–95, 384

  public health officials

  Birx national tour, 257–60

  Caputo appointment, 100–1
01

  on China travel ban, 40–42, 45–46

  “doctors’ group,” 94–95

  on herd immunity strategy, 231

  and Trump’s coronavirus responses, 31

  White House exclusion of, 228

  White House muzzling of, 5, 64, 68–69, 71, 127–29, 257

  White House undermining of, 217–21, 228, 230

  See also specific people

  QAnon, 317–18, 366, 417

  Rabbitt, Brian, 57, 192

  racial injustice protests (2020)

  and campaign rallies, 198–99

  and de Blasio, 191–92

  governors conference call, 162–64

  McCloskey threats during, 250

  and military base renaming proposals, 182–84

  Milley’s speech on, 186–87

  Minneapolis, 150, 163

  and National Guard deployment, 157–58, 160, 161–62, 165, 166, 174, 239

  Portland protests, 202–3, 234–35, 239–40

  Rittenhouse shooting, 435

  and Russian election interference, 236

  Seattle protests, 202–3, 204, 205–6

  Washington, D.C., 152–54, 155–56, 157–58, 160–61, 163–64

  See also Lafayette Square incident; Trump’s demands for force at protests; Trump’s responses to racial injustice protests

  Raffensperger, Brad, 378, 430

  Raimondo, Gina, 85

  Ratcliffe, John, 148, 237, 238–39, 260–61

  Rath, Tom, 155

  recession (2020), 2

  Redfield, Robert

  and Atlas, 227

  and Azar, 121

  and Caputo’s illness, 275, 277

  on China travel ban, 40–41

  and China travel ban, 45

  and Chinese stonewalling, 13–14, 15–16, 52

  and convalescent plasma treatments, 245

  and coronavirus czar proposals, 35

  and coronavirus pandemic early information, 12–13, 40, 47

  and coronavirus task-force internal tensions, 72–73

  and cruise ban, 74, 285–87

  and “doctors’ group,” 94

  and early limits on coronavirus testing, 83–84

  and Europe travel ban, 78, 79

  on herd immunity strategy, 231

  and Operation Warp Speed, 142

  and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 301, 303, 305–6

  on Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 123

  and vaccine development timetable, 274–75, 284–85

  and vaccine distribution funding, 271–74

  and White House coronavirus precautions, 124–25

  on White House coronavirus response, 196

  White House exclusion of, 228

  White House muzzling of, 128

  and WHO funding suspension, 105

  and Wuhan lab-leak theory, 107–8

  Reed, Jack, 364

  Regan, Trish, 126

 

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