Marc Tracy. “New York Times Tops 5 Million Subscriptions as Ads Decline.” New York Times, 6 February 2020.
“#925 Richard LeFrak & Family.” Forbes.
David Heath and Jennifer Agiesta. “How Voters Who Found Both Candidates Unfit Broke.” CNN, 11 November 2016.
Sophia Rose Segarra. “Ranking the Most Insane Political Merch in Recent American History.” Document, 31 July 2019.
Chapter 3. Momentum
Jacob Schlesinger. “Trump Forged His Ideas on Trade in the 1980s—and Never Deviated.” Wall Street Journal, 15 November 2018.
Factbase Videos. “Speech: Donald Trump Announces His Candidacy in New York, NY—June 16, 2015.” YouTube, 29 October 2017.
Paul Goldberger. “Architecture: Atrium of Trump Tower Is a Pleasant Surprise.” New York Times, 4 April 1983.
“Donald Trump Transcript: ‘Our Country Needs a Truly Great Leader.’” Wall Street Journal, 16 June 2015.
Katherine Tully-McManus. “House Approves Criminal Justice Overhaul, Sends to President.” Roll Call, 13 December 2019.
Bridget Bowman. “Meet the Republicans Who Voted ‘No’ on the Tax Bill.” Roll Call, 13 December 2019.
“H.R. 3450 (103rd): North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act—House Vote #575—Nov 17, 1993.” GovTrack.us, 17 November 1991.
Roll Call 701, Bill Number H. R. 5430. 116th Congress, 1st Session, Dec 19, 2019.
@realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump). “The great USMCA Trade Deal (Mexico & Canada) has been sitting on Nancy Pelosi’s desk for 8 months, she doesn’t even know what it says, &, today, after passing by a wide margin in the House, Pelosi tried to take credit for it. Labor will vote for Trump. Trade deal is great for USA!” Twitter, 19 December 2019, 6:55 p.m. Trump Twitter Archive.
@realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump). “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!” Twitter, 9 July 2020, 8:40 a.m. Trump Twitter Archive.
Alex Isenstadt. “Top Trump Brass Launch Campaign Firm.” Politico, 22 December 2020.
Chris Kleponis. “U.S. President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Depart the White House.” UPI, 20 December 2019.
Sophie Germain. “Trump Golf Count.” Trump Golf Count Blog.
“2017 Presidential Limousine Spotted Undergoing Secret Tests.” Fox News, 28 January 2016.
Paul Eisenstein. “Trump’s New Limo Cost $1.5M and Comes with a Fridge Full of His Blood Type.” NBC, 25 September 2018.
“The Super Bowl Ad.” Jamestown Associates, 3 February 2020.
@AliceMarieFree (Alice Marie Johnson). “Two Super Bowls Ago I Was Sitting in a Prison Cell. Today I Am a Free Woman and My Story Was Featured in a Super Bowl Ad. I Will Spend the Rest of My Life Fighting for the Wrongly and Unjustly Convicted! God Bless America! Pic.twitter.com/CGSyk54O37.” Twitter, 3 February 2020, 7:07 p.m.
Julie Bykowicz and Chad Day. “Trump’s Campaign Went into Debt but Raked in Postelection Cash.” Wall Street Journal, 4 December 2020.
Alex Isenstadt. “Trump to Drop $10 Million on Super Bowl Ad.” Politico, 8 January 2020.
Howie Carr. “Howie Carr: President Trump Ordered the Strike, and Came down to Dinner Cool, Collected.” Boston Herald, 3 January 2020.
“Transcript: Defense Secretary Mark Esper on ‘Face the Nation,’ January 12, 2020.” CBS News, 12 January 2020.
Kevin Liptak. “Trump Recounts Minute-by-Minute Details of Soleimani Strike to Donors at Mar-a-Lago.” CNN, 18 January 2020.
Michael C. Bender and Gordon Lubold. “Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack.” Wall Street Journal, 23 June 2019.
William Galston. “Trump Gets No Soleimani Bump.” Wall Street Journal, 15 January 2020.
Arielle Pardes. “The Facebook Defectors Turning Trump’s Strategy against Him.” Wired, 16 September 2020.
“Don’t Look Now.” Newsweek, 18 November 1996.
Peter Baker, Ronen Bergman, David D. Kirkpatrick, Julian E. Barnes, and Alissa J. Rubin. “Seven Days in January: How Trump Pushed U.S. and Iran to the Brink of War.” New York Times, 11 January 2020.
Sebastien Roblin. “Did the U.S. Use New Joint Air-to-Ground Missile to Kill Iran’s General Soleimani?” Forbes, 4 January 2020.
Anthony Capaccio. “U.S. Reaper Drone Left Soleimani with Little Chance.” Bloomberg, 6 January 2020.
“General Election: Trump vs. Biden.” RealClearPolitics.
“President Trump Job Approval.” RealClearPolitics.
Chapter 4. Acquittal, Part One: The Perfect Call
Chris Cillizza. “The 44 Weirdest Lines from Donald Trump’s First 2020 Campaign Rally.” CNN, 10 January 2020.
Wayne Barret. “Peas in a Pod: The Long and Twisted Relationship between Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani.” New York Daily News, 4 September 2016.
“Interview with Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.” Your World w/ Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 23 June 2015.
Julia Manchester. “Rudy Giuliani (Sort of) Endorses Donald Trump.” CNN, 19 April 2016.
“Key People—Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY).” P2008, Democracy in Action, 2 March 2009.
Rebecca Ballhaus, Sadie Gurman, Andrew Restuccia, and Michael C. Bender. “Tense Relationship between Barr and Giuliani Complicates Trump Impeachment Defense.” Wall Street Journal, 1 October 2019.
Rebecca Ballhaus, Alan Cullison, Georgi Kantchev, and Brett Forrest. “Giuliani Sits at the Center of the Ukraine Controversy.” Wall Street Journal, 27 September 2019.
Alex Isenstadt. “Trump Aides Cite Top Threats at White House Briefing: Harris, Biden, Warren.” Politico, 25 July 2019.
@RepMattGaetz (Rep. Matt Gaetz). “We heard the death rattle for impeachment at the end of Mueller’s testimony this week. @LouDobbs.” Twitter, 26 July 2019, 5:09 p.m.
@SethAbramson (Seth Ambramson). “(THREAD) This open thread provides live updates on former special counsel Bob Mueller’s Congressional testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. I hope you will retweet this thread for any you think may be interested.” Twitter, 24 July 2019, 8:42 a.m.
“Articles of Impeachment against Donald John Trump.” House Resolution 755, 116th Congress, 1st Session, 18 December 2019.
Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus. “Trump Impeachment Team for Trial to Include Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz.” Wall Street Journal, 18 January 2020.
Nicholas Riccardi and Emily Swanson. “AP-NORC Poll: GOP More Fired Up for 2020, Democrats Anxious.” Associated Press, 30 January 2020.
“Timeline: Every Big Move in the Mueller Investigation.” Axios, 23 July 2019.
David Wallace. “David Foster Wallace on John McCain: ‘The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub.’” Rolling Stone, 13 April 2000.
Michael C. Bender and Lindsay Wise. “GOP Senators Seek Quick Acquittal for Trump, the President Wants More.” Wall Street Journal, 16 December 2019.
Michael C. Bender and Kristina Peterson. “Congress Faces a Tense Agenda, with Little Margin for Error.” Wall Street Journal, 5 September 2017.
Michael C. Bender. “McConnell and Trump Forge a Bond over Winning.” Wall Street Journal, 7 November 2018.
Michael C. Bender, Lindsay Wise, Siobhan Hughes, and Rebecca Ballhaus. “How Republicans Scotched the Idea of Witnesses in Trump’s Impeachment Trial.” Wall Street Journal, 1 February 2020.
Chapter 5. Victory Lap
NBC News. “Trump to Utah Governor: ‘How’s Mitt Romney? You Keep Him, We Don’t Want Him.’” YouTube, 10 February 2020.
“Manchester, NH Weather History.” Weather Underground.
“Majority Whip Steve Scalise Endorses Trump, Cites Supreme Court Nominees, and Taxes as Key Issues.” The Hayride, 13 May 2016.
Jenna Johnson. “The Night Donald Trump Became the Presumptive Nominee.” Washington Post, 4 May 2016.
Jason Scheiber. “GOP Celebrates Trump’s Primary Victory.” Union Leader, 11 February 2020.
@parscale (Brad Parscale). “#1 off the line. The hat that will Keep Am
erica Great!” Twitter, 24 August 2019, 9:01 p.m.
“President George W. Bush—Campaign Organization, New Hampshire.” P2004, Democracy in Action, 24 November 2003.
Tanya Basu. “Trump Says He’ll Send Refugees Back to Syria If Elected.” Time, 1 October 2015.
Greg Miller, Julie Vitkovskaya, and Reuben Fischer-Baum. “‘This Deal Will Make Me Look Terrible’: Full Transcripts of Trump’s Calls with Mexico and Australia.” Washington Post, 3 August 2017.
Right Side Broadcasting Network. “President Donald Trump Rally LIVE in Manchester, NH 2/10/20.” YouTube, 11 February 2020.
“Red Arrow Diner History.” Red Arrow Diner, 11 May 2020.
@TrumpNH (Donald Trump NH). “After our amazing event in Windham, Trump stopped by the Red Arrow Diner! credit: @TheBradMielke #nhpolitics #fitn.” Twitter, 11 January 2016, 3:13 p.m.
Brad Mielke. “Donald Trump Gets Heckled at New Hampshire Diner: ‘Enjoy Your Burger, Racist!’” ABC News, 12 January 2016.
@parscale (Brad Parscale). “So a big test for @bpolitics today. Will they write their boss is a complete racist. This video is horrible.” Twitter, 11 February 2020, 8:04 a.m.
@parscale (Brad Parscale). “#BloombergIsARacist.” Twitter, 11 February 2020, 9:07 a.m.
Kristine Phillips and Johnson Kevin. “Paul Manafort Was ‘a Grave Counterintelligence Threat,’ Republican-Led Senate Panel Finds.” USA Today, 19 August 2020.
“Full Rally: President Trump in Manchester, New Hampshire Night before Primary.” Rev, 30 July 2020.
Peter Elkind and Doris Burke. “The Myths of the ‘Genius’ behind Trump’s Reelection Campaign.” ProPublica, 22 June 2020.
Rishika Dugyala. “Here’s How Six of Texas’ Most Interesting Local Primary Races Turned Out.” Texas Tribune, 6 March 2018.
Gilbert Garcia. “GOP Chair Launches Congressional Bid, with Help from Parscale.” San Antonio Express News, 18 November 2017.
Alayna Treene, Jonathan Swan, and Harry Stevens. “Scoop: Inside a Top Trump Adviser’s Fundraising Mirage.” Axios, 5 May 2019.
Jeffrey Jones. “More in the U.S. Say They Are Better Off than in Past Elections.” Gallup, 23 March 2021.
“The Bloomberg Billionaires Index.” Bloomberg, 2021.
Stephanie Saul and Rachel Shorey. “How Michael Bloomberg Used His Money to Aid Democratic Victories in the House.” New York Times, 1 December 2018.
Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin. “Trump’s Takeover of the Republican Party Is Almost Complete.” New York Times, 3 April 2019.
Fredreka Schouten. “First on CNN: How a Bloomberg-Funded Gun-Control Group Helped Turn Virginia Blue.” CNN, 6 November 2019.
“Virginia Democrats Take Control of State Legislature for First Time in over Two Decades.” Associated Press, 6 November 2019.
Todd Spangler. “Mike Bloomberg Holds 7-Point Lead on Trump in Michigan, Poll Shows.” Detroit Free Press, 15 January 2020.
“Transcript for the CDC Telebriefing Update on COVID-19.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 26 February 2020.
Anna Isaac and Alexander Osipovich. “Stocks Give Up Gains; Treasury Yields Fall.” Wall Street Journal, 26 February 2020.
Chapter 6. Covid, Part One: Hyperbole in the Time of Pandemic
“Chris Christie Compares Handling Blizzard to Dealing with ISIS.” ABC, 25 January 2016.
Daniella Silva. “Trump Defends Throwing Paper Towels to Hurricane Survivors in Puerto Rico.” NBC, 8 October 2017.
Matthew Pottinger et al. “The Council on Foreign Relations Holds a Discussion on U.S. Veterans: From the Battlefield to the Home Front—News Event.” Council on Foreign Relations, 21 October 2014.
Helen Branswell. “CDC Details First U.S. Case of Novel Virus Spreading in China.” Statnews, 24 January 2020.
Tyler Pager. “Cuccinelli on Rules Rebuff: ‘This Is Disgusting.’” Politico, 18 July 2016.
Jonathan Swan and Margaret Talev. “Navarro Memos Warning of Mass Coronavirus Death Circulated in January.” Axios, 7 April 2020.
Michael C. Bender and Gordon Lubold. “On Coronavirus, National Security Threats, O’Brien Picks His Spots.” Wall Street Journal, 29 April 2020.
Peter Nicholas. “Republicans Defend Trump Aide Who Admitted Telling ‘White Lies’ on President’s Behalf.” Wall Street Journal, 28 February 2018.
Michael C. Bender. “Trump Finds Loopholes in Chief of Staff’s New Regime.” Wall Street Journal, 5 December 2017.
“Stock Market Performance by President.” MacroTrends.
Noel Randewich and Saqib Ahmed. “Trump’s Stock Market: A Wild Four Years.” Reuters, 29 October 2020.
Vibhuti Agarwal and Michael C. Bender. “Trump Kicks Off Two-Day India Visit with Massive Rally.” Wall Street Journal, 24 February 2020.
Caitlin McCabe. “Dow Industrials Close 1,000 Points Lower as Coronavirus Cases Mount.” Wall Street Journal, 24 February 2020.
Betsy McKay, Margherita Stancati, and Dasl Yoon. “Coronavirus’s Global Spread May Not Be Contained, WHO Says.” Wall Street Journal, 25 February 2020.
Anna Isaac and Alexander Osipovich. “Stocks Give Up Gains; Treasury Yields Fall.” Wall Street Journal, 26 February 2020.
“Transcript for the CDC Telebriefing Update on COVID-19.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 26 February 2020.
“Donald Trump Charlotte, North Carolina Rally Transcript: Trump Holds Rally Before Super Tuesday.” Rev, 2 March 2020.
@atrupar (Aaron Rupar). “Trump makes up the word ‘vivor.’” Twitter, 3 March 2020, 11:35 a.m.
Aaron Rupar. “Trump Fox News Coronavirus Interview: Trump Spreads Dangerous Misinformation.” Vox, 5 March 2020.
Daniel Dale and Tara Subramaniam. “Fact Check: From Coronavirus to Kim Jong Un, Trump Makes at Least 14 False Claims in Fox News Town Hall.” CNN, 6 March 2020.
Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer. “First in Politico Playbook: Mark Meadows to Leave Congress, plus What McConnell Will Say on Impeachment.” Politico, 19 December 2019.
“Executive Order, No. 202: Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the State of New York.” Governor Andrew Cuomo, 7 March 2020.
“Inslee Issues COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation.” Office of the Governor, State of Washington, 29 February 2020.
Joe Hagan. “‘Dishonesty… Is Always an Indicator of Weakness’: Tucker Carlson on How He Brought His Coronavirus Message to Mar-a-Lago.” Vanity Fair, 17 March 2020.
Rob Picheta and Arnaud Siad. “Bolsonaro’s Visit to See Trump in March Was a ‘Corona Trip,’ Says Brazil’s Former Health Secretary.” CNN, 14 May 2020.
@gabstargardter (Gabriel Stargardter). “The guy standing to Trump’s left just tested positive for coronavirus, according to Brazilian media. Fabio Wajngarten posted this photo, taken during meetings at Mar-a-Lago, five days ago.” Twitter, 12 March 2020, 11:03 a.m.
Angela Ruggiero. “Bay Area Limo Driver Who Died of COVID-19 Tied to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Claim Alleges.” Mercury News, 13 August 2020.
@maggieNYT (Maggie Haberman). “Email that just went out from Trump Victory about a donor who was at MAL on Sunday who tested positive for Coronavirus.” Twitter, 13 March 2020, 4:29 p.m.
Paul Vigna, Avantika Chilkoti, and David Winning. “Stocks Fall More than 7% in Dow’s Worst Day since 2008.” Wall Street Journal, 9 March 2020.
Haley Byrd, Paul LeBlanc, Lauren Fox, and Kaitlan Collins. “5 Congressmen—Including Trump’s Future Chief of Staff and Lawmaker Who Shook President’s Hand—to Self-Quarantine after CPAC” CNN, 10 March 2020.
Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman, and Annie Karni. “Trump Floats Economic Stimulus in Response to Coronavirus.” New York Times, 10 March 2020.
Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak, and Kaitlan Collins. “Deep into Crisis, Trump Demands ‘Something Big’ on Coronavirus.” CNN, 12 March 2020.
@WHO (World Health Organization). “Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros. #coronavirus.” Twitter, 11 March 2020, 12:16 p.m.
“Presidential Actions to Exclude Aliens Under
INA § 212(f).” Congressional Research Service, 4 May 2020.
“Updated Guidance on Telework Flexibilities in Response to Coronavirus.” Office of Management and Budget, 12 March 2020.
Paul Kiernan. “Federal Government Urged to Close Offices to Contain Coronavirus.” Wall Street Journal, 14 March 2020.
@tomhanks (Tom Hanks). Twitter, 11 March 2020, 9:14 p.m.
@wojespn (Adrian Wojnarowski). “The NBA has suspended the season.” Twitter, 11 March 2020, 9:31 p.m.
Andrew Restuccia, Jennifer Calfas, Alejandro Lazo, and Sam Schechner. “Trump Declares National Emergency to Confront Coronavirus.” Wall Street Journal, 13 March 2020.
Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak. “What Drove Trump’s Newfound Somber Tone on Coronavirus.” CNN, 18 March 2020.
“Benjamin Robert Hirschmann.” Harold W. Vick Funeral Home.
60 Minutes. “COVID-19 Victims’ Stories: Ben Hirschmann.” YouTube, 26 April 2020.
Chad Livengood. “A Young Man’s Death from COVID-19 Leaves Family with Big Questions.” Crain’s Detroit, 9 April 2020.
Chapter 7. Covid, Part Two: Retooling the Reelect
Jedd Rosche. “RNC Chief of Staff Katie Walsh Describes the $175 Million Tool to Win Elections.” CNN, 2 November 2016.
Elena Schneider. “ActBlue’s Stunning Third Quarter: $1.5 Billion in Donations.” Politico, 15 October 2020.
Shane Goldmacher. “The $1 Million Upside for an RNC Digital Guru.” Politico, 18 April 2017.
Peter Elking. “Brad Parscale Won Big in 2016, Can He Win Again as Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager?” Texas Monthly, 25 February 2021.
Caleb Ecarma. “Trump Throws Full-Blown Tantrum over GOP Ad Criticizing Coronavirus Response.” Vanity Fair, 6 May 2020.
Leah Asmelash. “Face Masks: Surgeon General Wants Americans to Stop Buying Them.” CNN, 2 March 2020.
Donald G. McNeil Jr. “The U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus Cases.” New York Times, 26 March 2020.
Siobhán O’Grady, Rick Noack, Kim Bellware, Meryl Kornfield, and Teo Armus. “As U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 10,000, HHS Watchdog Says American Hospitals Face ‘Severe’ Shortages of Equipment, Staff, and Tests.” Washington Post, 6 April 2020.
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