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  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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