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on alt-right, 212–14, 232
Bannon and, 5, 8, 9, 21, 22, 47–48, 132–33, 141, 142, 149–51, 155, 158, 159, 209, 216–19, 221, 222, 229, 235, 238
Bill’s womanizing and, 215–19, 221
Bossie and, 27, 30–31
Burton and, 27–28
corruption accusations against, 8–9, 152, 209–11, 222–23, 229–30, 234
double haters and, 231–32
e-mails of, 8, 158, 196, 228–30, 235
FBI investigation of, 8–10, 228–29, 235
Mercers and, 131–32
presidential campaign of (2008), 30–31
presidential campaign of (2016), xi, 5, 8, 9, 11–19, 133, 135, 138–39, 141, 189, 191, 196–97, 211–14, 218–20, 223–24, 225–27, 230–33, 235–36
presidential campaign funds of, 194, 211
right-wing conspiracy against, 21, 47, 139
Super PAC formed to defeat, 200
Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich (Schweizer), xi, 133, 134, 138, 142–43, 152–59, 209, 229
Clinton Foundation, xi, 152, 155–58, 210
Clisham, Gary, 54
Clooney, George, 32
CNN, 1–2, 13, 38, 171–73, 228
Cohen, Michael, 112, 168
Cohn, Gary, 239, 241
Colson, Chuck, 134
Comey, James, 8–10, 20, 238, 239
computers, 127–29
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 124–25, 137–38, 142
Trump at, 38–39, 109, 116, 137–38
Conway, George T., III, 43
Conway, Kellyanne, xii, 1–2, 7, 11, 18–19, 43, 114–16, 131, 200–202, 209
Cosby, Bill, 150, 218, 221
Coulter, Ann, 30, 43, 166
Crédit Lyonnais, 75–79
Cruz, Ted, 45, 117, 123, 131, 181, 185–88, 191, 196, 200
Cuban, Mark, 95, 218
Cuomo, Andrew, 112–15
Daily Beast, 168
DeBerry, Marshall, 53
DeFazio, Peter, 121, 122
Democratic Party, Democrats, 115, 141, 157, 211, 226, 235, 236
Bannon and, 49, 58
Hillary Clinton and, 158, 159
immigration and, 108, 109
Trump and, 93, 113, 220, 225, 240–41
DiPietro, David, 112
Dole, Bob, 25, 193
Doral Resort and Spa, 105n
Drexel Burnham Lambert, 68–69, 72
Drudge, Matt, 12, 13, 43, 85, 91, 143
Drudge Report, 11, 85, 86, 108, 132, 153, 164
Duck Dynasty, 137–39
Dugin, Alexander, 207–8
Eisenhower, Dwight, 103
Election Day, 226, 233, 235
Election Night, 1–3, 7–8, 11–20, 94n
European Union (EU), 206, 207
Evola, Julius, 205–7
Fahrenkopf, Frank, 218
Fahrenthold, David, 214
Fallon, Brian, 135, 226, 232
Farage, Nigel, xii, 6, 138, 207
FBI, 76, 149, 165, 238
Hillary Clinton and, 8–10, 228–29, 235
Federalist Society, 123
Fields, Michelle, 149
Fieler, Sean, 121
financial crisis of 2008, 71, 87–88
Firm, The, 80–81
Flynn, Michael, 238
Ford, Gerald, 193
Foster, Vincent, 25, 104
Fox & Friends, 167, 174
Fox News, 4, 39, 90, 91, 100, 104, 108–9, 137, 146, 149
Ailes sexual harassment charges and, 194–96
debates hosted by, 167–72, 180–82, 192
Trump’s problems with, 167–74, 179, 180
Francis, Pope, 206
Freedom Summit, 111
Gaffney, Frank, 125
Gang of Eight, 107–10, 167
Gaspin, Jeff, 95
Gates, Rick, 201
Geller, Pamela, 125
General Electric (GE), 73, 160
Generation Zero, 87, 88
Georgetown University, 60
Gibson, Mel, 134
Giles, Hannah, 89
Gingrich, Newt, xii, 25, 26, 28, 29, 105
Giuliani, Judith, 18
Giuliani, Rudy, xii, 199, 201, 215, 218
Giustra, Frank, 152
Glass-Steagall Act, 72
Glittering Steel, 133–34
Goldman Sachs, 9, 69–73, 87, 158
Bannon and, x, 2, 52, 63–65, 67, 69–74, 82, 84, 87, 140–42, 155
Trump and, 241
Goldwater, Barry, 99, 215
Gore, Al, 97
Government Accountability Institute (GAI), 132–33, 141–42, 151–52, 155–57, 159, 209
Graham, Lindsey, 109
Green, Andrew, 57
Greenblatt, Jonathan, 9
Guénon, René, x, 204–7, 223
Haberman, Maggie, 162
Hahn, Julia, 149–50, 187
Hall, Fawn, 33
Hall, Wynton, 156, 157, 159
Hanna, Jack, 123
Hannity, Sean, 137–38, 168, 174
Harris, Peter, 60
Harvard Business School, 60–65, 67, 68
Heritage Foundation, 123, 188
Hicks, Hope, 11
Hillary: The Movie, 30–31
Hispanics, 13, 96–101, 103, 105, 106, 162, 165, 191
Hissom, Andrea, 32
Hopkins, Anthony, x, 79
Houff, Cathleen “Susie,” 61
House Freedom Caucus, 175–76
House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, 25–27
Hubbell, Webster, 27–28
Huckabee, Mike, 199
Huffington, Arianna, 85
Huffington Post, 85, 86
IBM, 127, 128
Icahn, Carl, 68, 239
immigration, 105–11, 117, 143, 167, 183–84, 186, 213, 226
Bannon and, 6, 46, 108, 111, 140, 208
Gang of Eight bill on, 107–10, 167
Republicans and, 102, 106–9, 162
Trump and, 6, 102, 105–6, 109–11, 116, 161–63, 165–66, 186, 190, 223, 238
see also Mexican immigrants
Indian Runner, The, 74
Ingraham, Laura, 43
Internet, 81, 83, 86, 89, 100, 145–46, 212, 213
Deep Web, 155
Internet Gaming Entertainment (IGE), 81–83, 142, 145
In the Face of Evil, 85
Iran, 59
Iran-Contra scandal, 33
Iran hostage crisis, 56–58, 84
Isaacs, Daniel W., 113
Isikoff, Michael, 104
Islam, Muslims, 124–25, 213, 223, 238
Bannon and, x, 51, 58, 84–85, 140, 207
Jackson, Arthur, 120
Jesmer, Rob, 194
John Paul II, Pope, 50, 75
Johnson, Gary, 231
Johnson, Peter, Jr., 174
Johnson, Woody, 197
Jones, Paula, 43, 153, 217
Jordan, Jim, 175–76
junk bonds, 67–68
Kali Yuga, 205, 223
Kaplan, Rob, 65
Kasich, John, 170, 182, 187
Kelly, Megyn, 168–74, 180, 192, 194, 195
Kelly, Michael, 33
Kelly File, The, 168, 173
Kennedy, John F., 50, 196
Kennedy, Kevin, 64
Kennedy, Ted, 90
Kerkorian, Kirk, 75–76
Khan, Khizr and Ghazala, 196, 219
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 56
K
ing, Larry, 38
Koch, Charles and David, 123, 135
Kramer, Jane, 122n
Krauthammer, Charles, 189
Krugman, Paul, 148
Kushner, Jared, 3, 12, 17, 193, 200, 201, 203, 215, 218, 219
Kwatinetz, Jeff, 80, 81
Lehane, Chris, 159
Leininger, Eric, 96
Lemon, Don, 171, 228
Le Pen, Marine, 207, 208, 222–23
Lessig, Lawrence, 152
Levin, Mark, 109, 172
Lewandowski, Corey, 3, 162–63, 166, 183, 192–94, 202
Lewinsky, Monica, 43
Lewis, Michael, 70, 88
Liberty Film Festival, 85
Liman, Doug, 80
Limbaugh, Rush, 85
Lindbergh, Charles, 190
Lovett, Jon, 34
Lynch, Loretta, 148
Maddow, Rachel, x
Mallaby, Sebastian, 129
Manafort, Paul, 3–4, 193–94, 196, 199–203, 210
Manigault-Stallworth, Omarosa, 97
Maréchal-Le Pen, Marion, 208
Marlow, Alex, 143, 172, 173
McCain, John, ix, 39–40, 99–100
McCain-Feingold Act, 30
McDonald’s, 95, 96
Meadows, Mark, 176
Medallion Fund, 129, 130
Meet the Press, 27–28
Mercer, Rebekah, 122n, 123, 130, 133–35, 197, 199–200, 216
Mercer, Robert, 119–36, 141, 200, 216
Bannon and, 119, 124, 125, 130–31, 134–36, 148
Republican Party and, 120, 121, 134–35
Mercer Family Foundation, 133
Merkel, Angela, 206
Mexican immigrants:
border agents and, 6, 108, 110, 163, 164
Breitbart and, 6, 108–10, 164
Trump’s attack on, 6, 161–63, 165–66
and Trump’s visit to border crossing, 6, 164–67
Trump’s wall plan and, 111, 163, 165, 169, 170, 190, 234
Meyers, Seth, 32, 35–36, 42
MGM, 24, 75–78
Mider, Zachary, 122n
Milken, Michael, 67–72, 80, 141
Miller, Jason, 18
Miller, Stephen, xii, 14, 17, 183–84
minorities, 226
Republican Party and, 99–100, 102
Trump and, 96–103, 191
see also African Americans; Hispanics
Mirage Resorts, Inc., 23–24
Mobile Press-Register, 182
Mook, Robby, 18–19
More Money Than God (Mallaby), 129
Morning Joe, 173
Morris, Dick, 30
Mount, Thom, 74
Murdoch, Rupert, 75, 108–9, 167, 179–80, 184, 194, 195
Muslims, see Islam, Muslims
Mussolini, Benito, 205
NAACP, 90
NAFTA, 37, 41
nationalism, 207, 240
Bannon and, xiii, 6, 21, 46, 93, 150, 204, 207, 208, 222, 241
Trump and, xiii, 6, 46, 93, 204, 208, 230, 241, 242
Nazarbayev, Nursultan, 152
Nazi Germany, 205
NBC, 73, 93–95, 97, 101
Nelson, Monique, 96, 97, 103
Nevin, Darrell, 54
New Hampshire Freedom Summit, 117
New Hampshire primary, 182
New Republic, 41
Newsmax, 104–5
New York, 28n, 172, 194, 196, 215
New York Post, 38, 104, 153, 242
New York Times, 26, 40, 69–70, 148, 152–54, 156, 157, 162, 199, 201, 202, 220, 229
Nightline, 27
Nimitz, USS, 56, 57
9/11 terrorist attacks, 84, 85
Nixon, Richard, 41, 99
Nojay, Bill, 112–13
North, Oliver, 33
Nugent, Ted, 233
Nunberg, Sam, 44–46, 105–6, 109, 111–14, 117, 166, 192, 193
Obama, Barack, 15–16, 31–32, 38, 42, 87, 106, 107, 125, 148, 155, 176, 226, 237
birth certificate of, 31–35, 39–40, 42, 45–46, 100–101, 103, 125
college records of, 45
racial issues and, 39–40, 98
at White House Correspondents’ dinner, 33–35, 41
Obama, Michelle, 220
Obamacare, 114, 115, 176, 238, 240
Oczkowski, Matt, 226, 232
O’Donnell, Rosie, 169
O’Keefe, James, 89–90
Orion Pictures, 78
Ornstein, Norman, 28
Overlock, Mike, 70
Ovitz, Michael, 44, 80
Paladino, Carl, 112
Palin, Bristol, 89
Palin, Sarah, ix–xi, xiii, 21, 88–89, 145, 207
Palmieri, Jennifer, 211
Parretti, Giancarlo, 75–77
Passion of the Christ, The, 134
Patriot, 137
Patterson, Nick, 132
Paul, Rand, 45, 116, 117, 170
Paul F. Foster, USS, 55–59
Paulson, Hank, 70
Pelosi, Nancy, 122
Pence, Karen, 14, 18
Pence, Mike, 11, 14, 15, 18, 215, 233
Penn, Sean, x, 74
Peretti, Jonah, 86
Perot, Ross, 37–38
Perry, Rick, 165
Petry, Frauke, 208
Philadelphia Inquirer, 23
Pierce, Brock, 82
Pindling, Lynden, 194
Pinkett, Randal D., 97
Pius XI, Pope, 206
polls, 1, 7, 9–13, 114, 167, 175, 180, 181, 183, 196–97, 211, 214, 219–20, 223–24, 225, 227, 230–32
PolyGram, 78
populism, x, 5–6, 21, 46, 89, 144, 145, 159, 175, 183, 184
Bannon and, x, 21, 52, 53, 93, 139–40, 145, 150, 207, 213–14
Trump and, 93, 110, 111, 183, 236, 240–41
Priebus, Reince, xii, 7–8, 11, 19, 40, 102, 162, 188, 215
primary elections, 182–83, 185–87
Pudner, John, 51, 52
Putin, Vladimir, 173, 193
and Dugin, 207–8
Q Scores, 97–98, 101–2
RCA, 73
Reagan, Ronald, 25, 58–61, 65, 73, 84, 85, 125, 132, 154, 170, 193
Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph over Communism (Schweizer), 84–85, 132
Reform Party, 37–38
Renaissance Technologies, 119, 121, 125, 127–30, 132
Republican National Committee (RNC), 7–8, 10, 11, 18, 40, 162, 188, 197, 199
Republican National Convention, 194, 196, 210
Republican Party, Republicans, 110, 120, 130, 175–77, 182, 213, 232, 235, 237, 238
Bannon and, 4, 58, 124, 208
Bossie and, 25, 31
Burton and, 28
Cruz and, 131
Fox News and, 171, 172
immigration and, 102, 106–9, 162
Mercers and, 120, 121, 134–35
minorities and, 99–100, 102
Obama and, 107
presidential debates of, 167–72, 180–82, 192
Romney’s defeat and, 102, 161–62
South and, 99, 184
Tea Party, ix–xi, 21, 87–89, 145, 176, 186, 207
Trump and, 37, 40, 42, 96, 99–106, 111, 113, 116, 161–62, 167–68, 170, 171, 176, 183–85, 189–91, 193, 194, 197, 199, 203–4, 215–16, 227–28, 232, 240, 242
Trump as nominee of, 187–90, 196
Republican Study Committee, 175
Roberts, Janet, 171–72
Robertson, Phil, 138, 139
Robinson,
Arthur, 121–23
Roman Catholic Church, 50, 51, 75, 204–7
Romney, Mitt, 42, 105–6, 109, 123, 134, 187, 191, 203
defeat of, 102, 161–62
Trump and, 43–44
Ross, Wilbur, 239
Rove, Karl, 21–22, 123
Rubio, Marco, 108, 167, 181, 184, 187
Ruddy, Christopher, 104–5
Russert, Tim, 27–28
Russia, 4, 20, 193–94, 196, 201–2, 238
Ryan, Paul, 6, 132, 150, 187–88, 215–16, 240
Sanders, Bernie, 152, 159, 236
Santorum, Rick, 105
Savimbi, Jonas, 194
Scarborough, Joe, 173
Schafer, Henry, 97–98, 101–2
Schumer, Charles, 241
Schweizer, Peter, xi, 84–85, 132–33, 138, 142–43, 151–59, 209
Seagram, 78
SEC primaries, 182–83, 185–87
Selzer, J. Ann, 181
Semel, Terry, 80
September 11 terrorist attacks, 84, 85
Sessions, Jeff, xii, 108, 109, 183–86, 242
Shapiro, Ben, 148
Shelton, Kathy, 217
Sherman, Gabriel, 172
Sherrod, Shirley, 90, 144
Silver, Nate, 223–24
Simons, Jim, 125–27, 130
Société Générale, 79
Solov, Larry, 144, 213
Soros, George, 9
South, 99, 182–87
Spencer, Richard, 146n
Spencer, Robert, 125
Spicer, Sean, xii, 7–8, 11, 15, 16, 18–20, 188–89
Stepien, Bill, 11–14
Stevens, Stuart, 203
STOCK Act, 133
Stone, Roger, xii, 3, 41, 43, 45, 111–14, 116, 192, 193, 202
Strange Death of Vince Foster, The: An Investigation (Ruddy), 104
Strategic Communication Laboratories, 134
Sullivan, Jake, 211
Sullivan, Margaret, 152
Swoyer, Alex, 149
Taitz, Orly, 125
TargetPoint, 7
Tea Party movement, ix–xi, 21, 87–89, 145, 176, 186, 207
Texas, 6–7, 108, 110, 149, 183, 186
Trump’s visit to border crossing in, 6, 164–67
Thiel, Peter, 200
Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison (Schweizer), 132–33
Thune, John, 215
Time, 87, 242
Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again (Trump), 156
Time Warner, 73
Titus, 79
Today, 38
Traditionalism, 205, 206, 223
Trump, Barron, 18
Trump, Donald:
“America First” slogan of, 190–91, 204, 223, 230, 241
Bannon as campaign strategist for, xi–xiii, 2–6, 9–11, 20–22, 53, 197, 200–203, 208–9, 211, 212, 236, 238, 241–42