mental health of, xvii, 20, 222, 232–34
at military school, 29–30
Mueller investigation and, 48, 53, 56, 145–47, 156, 164, 165, 177, 200, 232–33
narcissism of, 20, 25, 39–63, 92, 175
persuasiveness of, 88–119
racism of, xiv, 6, 14, 19, 20, 30–31, 89, 125, 165–68, 189, 210
rallies, xii–xiv, 15, 29, 43, 46, 50, 75, 87, 92, 97–98, 102, 116, 142, 170–71, 181, 182, 193, 205, 210
real estate career, 19, 24, 30–35, 48, 57, 148
as reality TV star, 34–35, 38, 45, 78–79, 104, 140, 175, 200
relationship with his parents, 25, 29–32, 52, 55, 113
Russia and, 144–51
sexism of, 34–35, 45, 47, 57, 58, 102, 109, 111, 184–85
taxes of, 45, 48, 232
Think Big, 55
Twitter and, xv, xvi, xviii, 48, 114, 120, 140, 196, 210
2016 presidential campaign, 48, 49, 88, 102, 106, 110, 116, 142–48, 171–72, 182, 229
2020 presidential campaign, 121, 233–34
Wall of, xii, xiv, 5, 22, 43, 49, 54, 72–75, 108, 114, 120
wealth of, 45
womanizing and misogyny of, 34–35, 45, 57, 58, 64, 109, 111, 184–85
Trump, Donald J., Jr., 33, 174
Trump, Elizabeth (grandmother of DT), 23–24
Trump, Elizabeth (sister of DT), 28
Trump, Eric, 33
Trump, Fred, 24–31 influence on son Donald, 25, 29–32, 52, 55, 113
racism of, 30–31
Trump, Fred, Jr., 30, 113
Trump, Frederick, 23–24
Trump, Ivana, 28, 33, 34, 58
Trump, Ivanka, 33, 174–75, 186, 187
Trump, Mary, 24–25, 28 as absent mother, 24–25
Trump, Maryanne, 28
Trump, Melania, 34, 55
Trump, Tiffany, 34
Trump Anxiety Disorder, 228
Trump Foundation, 54
Trump Fragrance, 36
Trump Institute, 54
Trump Magazine, 36
Trump Network, 36–37, 54
Trump Organization, 19, 24, 33, 83, 174, 175
Trump Plaza, 32, 33, 34, 148
Trump Prophecy, The (film), 179
Trump Shuttle, 34, 148
Trump Steaks, 36
Trump Tower, 11, 32, 33, 114, 179
Trump University, 37, 54
trust, 208, 232
truth, 216
Tversky, Amos, 221
Twitter, xv, xvi, xviii, 48, 65, 85, 114, 120, 121, 133, 134, 140, 196, 210, 229
UFO cults, 11, 18, 72
Ukraine, 148
unconscious, 85, 90, 95
unfreezing, 73–75
Unification Church, 2–3, 139, 152, 213. See also Moon (Sun Myung) and Moon cult
United Press International, 138
University of Pennsylvania, 30
USA Today, 57
us versus them thinking, xiii, xiv, 5, 13, 53, 81, 167, 168, 172, 197
Vance, J. D., 181–82 Hillbilly Elegy, 181
vanity, 44, 92
Vereide, Abraham, 153–55, 169
video games, 10, 219
violence, 6, 57–58, 91, 133, 134, 166, 223 alt-right, 165–68, 188–93
gun, 12, 91, 133, 134, 191–93
visualization, 99–100, 214
Walker, Charles, 26
Wall, xii, xiv, 5, 22, 43, 49, 54, 72–75, 108, 114, 120
Wallace, David Foster, 128, 136
Wallnau, Lance, God’s Chaos Candidate, 151
Warren, Elizabeth, 6
Warren, Rick, 152
Warsh, Kevin, 92
Washington Post, xvii, 52, 147, 164, 219, 229
Washington Times, 138–39
Watergate scandal, 169
Weaver, John, 178
Weissman, David, 201–2, 206–7
West, Louis Jolyon, 6
Weyrich, Paul, 142, 143, 159, 166
Wharton School of Business, 30
Whelan, James, 139
White House Correspondents Association dinner, 47
white supremacy, 12, 16, 19, 104, 133, 143, 165–68, 188–93, 219, 230
WikiLeaks, 146
Williams, Serena, 99
Wilson, Woodrow, 121, 123
winning, 115
Wirth, Werner, 115
Wolff, Michael, Fire and Fury, 59, 114
Wolffe, Richard, 112
women: Republican, 184–85 Trump’s attitude toward, 34–35, 45, 57, 58, 64, 109, 111, 184–85
Women for Trump, 185
Woodruff, Judy, 130
Woodward, Bob, 200 Fear, xv
working class, 181–83
World Congress of Families, 187
World Mission Society Church of God, 16, 114
World War I, 66, 67, 123
World War II, 29, 67, 69, 86, 124, 126
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), 33
Wright, Matthew, 191
xenophobia, 14–15, 39, 210
Yale University, 7, 39, 69
YouTube, 14, 81, 133, 230
Zimbardo, Philip, xviii, 7–8, 70, 221, 231–32 The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, 41
Zinke, Ryan, 156
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