by Naomi Klein
State Department websites: “Winter White House”
Gardiner Harris, “U.S. Embassies Post Article Extolling Trump’s Mar-a-Lago,” New York Times, April 24, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/us/politics/mar-a-lago-winter-white-house-state-department.html.
Mar-a-Lago club member: “Going to Disneyland…”
Maggie Haberman, “Mar-a-Lago, the Future Winter White House and Home of the Calmer Trump,” New York Times, January 1, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/us/trump-mar-a-lago-future-winter-white-house.html.
The Ultimate Brand Bully
Victoria’s Secret and Indigenous headdress
“Victoria’s Secret Apologizes for Use of Headdress,” AP via CBC.ca, November 13, 2012, http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/victoria-s-secret-apologizes-for-use-of-headdress-1.1130549.
Transcending the World of Things
Fortune: “that the basic and irreversible function…”
“Government Spending Is No Substitute for the Exercise of Capitalist Imagination,” Fortune, September 1983, 63–64.
David Lubars: “are like roaches…”
Yumiko Ono, “Marketers Seek the ‘Naked’ Truth in Consumer Psyches,” Wall Street Journal, May 30, 1997.
Starbucks CEO: the “third place”
“Our Heritage,” Starbucks Corporation, accessed April 2, 2017, https://www.starbucks.ca/about-us/our-heritage.
The Trump Show
Donald Trump: “the show is Trump…”
David Remnick, The New Gilded Age (New York: Random House, 2001).
Trump and mismanaging his Atlantic City casinos
Richard D. Hylton, “Banks Approve Loans for Trump, But Take Control of His Finances,” New York Times, June 27, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/27/business/banks-approve-loans-for-trump-but-take-control-of-his-finances.html?pagewanted=all.
Donald Trump: “…going to be great for my brand”
Marc Fisher, “Donald Trump: Remade by Reality TV,” Washington Post, January 27, 2017, http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/01/27/deciders-trump/?utm_term=.a5d12ac8e24c.
The Celebrity Apprentice: 120 product placements in April 2011
Nat Ives, “Trump Wins! ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Seizes Product Placement Presidency from ‘American Idol,’ ” Advertising Age, May 20, 2011, http://adage.com/article/media/celebrity-apprentice-product-placement-idol/227602/.
Oligarch Chic
Washington Post: “Trump has earned at least $50 million…”
Kevin Sullivan, “Trump’s Foreign Network: The President-Elect’s Unorthodox Overseas Business Partners,” Washington Post, January 13, 2017, http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/world/2017/01/13/trumps-foreign-network/.
Trump owns Trump Tower and Mar-a-Lago
Office of Government Ethics, “Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report,” Donald J. Trump, May 18, 2016, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2838696-Trump-2016-Financial-Disclosure.html.
Trump-branded properties: Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, many other Trump properties in India, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, and New York City
Brazil, South Korea, Canada: “Donald Trump’s Many, Many Business Dealings in 1 Map,” Time, January 10, 2017, http://time.com/4629308/donald-trump-business-deals-world-map/.
India: Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw, “Trump’s 10 Foreign Deals with Those Close to Power,” ProPublica via USAToday.com, January 20, 2017, https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/trumps-10-foreign-deals-with-close-to-power/.
New York: Janet Babin, “When You See ‘Trump’ on a Building, It Might Not Be What You Think,” NPR.org, August 31, 2015, http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/31/436302090/are-some-of-trumps-new-york-city-buildings-a-mirage.
Dubai: Reuters, “Trump Sons Open Dubai Golf Course, Praise U.S. Ally,” Reuters.com, February 18, 2017, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dubai-golf-idUSKBN15X0OU.
James S. Henry: private financial wealth of individuals in tax havens: $24–36 trillion
James S. Henry, “Taxing Tax Havens,” Foreign Affairs, April 12, 2016, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/panama/2016-04-12/taxing-tax-havens.
You Are All fired!
Trump and outsourcing to overseas factories
Spencer Woodman, “Trump, China, and the Ties That Bind,” Racked, October 5, 2016, http://www.racked.com/2016/10/5/13165868/donald-trump-china-factories-neckties.
Spencer Woodman, “Long Hours, Low Wages Alleged at Ivanka Trump Shoe Factory,” Racked, October 12, 2016, http://www.racked.com/2016/10/12/13243756/ivanka-trump-shoe-factory-violations.
Fair Labor Association: condition in factory in China producing for a major supplier of Ivanka’s clothing
Fair Labor Association, personal correspondence with author or her research assistants, April 27, 2017.
Drew Harwell, “Workers Endured Long Hours, Low Pay at Chinese Factory Used by Ivanka Trump’s Clothing-Maker,” Washington Post, April 25, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/workers-endured-long-hours-low-pay-at-chinese-factory-used-by-ivanka-trumps-clothing-maker/2017/04/25/b6fe6608-2924-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.82c316c266b0.
Elliot Hannon, “Ivanka Trump’s Clothing Line Is Made in a Chinese Factory Where Workers Earn $1 an Hour,” The Slatest (blog), April 25, 2017, http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/04/25/ivanka_trump_s_clothing_line_made_by_chinese_factory_workers_earning_1_an.html.
Trump and migrant workers at Trump-branded golf course in Dubai (Vice)
“Inside the Squalid Living Conditions for the Migrants Building Trump International Golf Club in Dubai,” Vice, April 19, 2016, https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vice-on-hbo-dubai-workers-trump-international-golf-club.
Immune to Scandal
Mar-a-Lago cited for nearly a dozen food safety violations
Department of Business and Professional Regulation, “Inspection Information—Mar-a-Lago Club,” January 26, 2017, https://www.myfloridalicense.com/inspectionDetail.asp?InspVisitID=5936193&id=2923079#.
Donald Trump: dodging federal taxes is “smart”
Chris Kahn, “Trump Calls Tax Avoidance ‘Smart,’ Most Americans Call it ‘Unpatriotic’: Poll,” Reuters.com, October 4, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN1242FH.
Donald Trump: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue…”
Steve Holland and Ginger Gibson, “Confident Trump Says Could ‘Shoot Somebody’ and Not Lose Voters,” Reuters.com, January 23, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSMTZSAPEC1NFEQLYN.
CHAPTER 2
The First Family of Brands
Melania Trump and Daily Mail lawsuit and settlement
Melania Trump v. Mail Media, Inc. Supreme Court of the State of New York, filed February 6, 2017, https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=Yv9ua7eZrTT_PLUS_pEUque3HmQ==&system=prod.
“Melania Trump and Daily Mail Settle Her Libel Suits,” New York Times, April 12, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/business/media/melania-trump-daily-mail-libel.html.
Samantha Cameron and clothing line
Gillian Brett, “Confirmed: Samantha Cameron’s New Fashion Label Is Finally Here,” Marie Claire, November 30, 2016, http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/samantha-camerons-fashion-label-cefinn-448708?utm_content=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral.
Kellyanne Conway: “commercial…stuff”
“Kellyanne Conway on Ivanka Trump’s Fashion Line: ‘Go Buy It Today!’ ” FoxNews.com, February 9, 2017, http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/09/kellyanne-conway-ivanka-trump-retailers-go-buy-her-stuff.
Associated Press: “Ivanka
Trump’s company won…”
Erika Kinetz and Anne D’Innocenzio, “Ivanka’s Biz Prospers as Politics Mixes with Business,” Associated Press online, April 19, 2017, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d9e34f23a64947d99e4a7d757012c509/ivankas-biz-prospers-politics-mixes-business.
Ivanka and her company’s “independent trustees”
Jennifer Rubin, “Yes, Ivanka Trump Is Complicit in Her Father’s Agenda,” Washington Post, April 5, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/04/05/yes-ivanka-trump-is-complicit-in-her-fathers-agenda/?utm_term=.dee27bd2e135.
Mar-a-Lago membership fees
Robert Frank, “Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $200,000,” CNBC.com, January 25, 2017, http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/mar-a-lago-membership-fee-doubles-to-200000.html.
Marjorie Merriweather Post: “Winter White House”
Gardiner Harris, “U.S. Embassies Post Article Extolling Trump’s Mar-a-Lago,” New York Times, April 24, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/us/politics/mar-a-lago-winter-white-house-state-department.html.
Lily Rothman, “The Mar-a-Lago Club Was a ‘Winter White House’ Even Before President Trump Got There,” Time, February 26, 2017, http://time.com/4661763/mar-a-lago-donald-trump-marjorie-post/.
Trump: “Southern White House”
White House Office of the Press Secretary, “Remarks by President Trump et al. at Signing of Trade Executive Orders,” press release, March 31, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/31/remarks-president-trump-et-al-signing-trade-executive-orders.
New York Times: “Mr. Trump’s enterprise…”
Sharon LaFraniere and Danny Hakim, “Trump’s Trademark Continues Its March Across the Globe, Raising Eyebrows,” New York Times, April 11, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/trump-trademark-ethics.html.
What Exactly Are the Trump Boys Selling?
US taxpayer money for Trump sons’ trip to Uruguay
Amy Brittain and Drew Harwell, “Eric Trump’s Business Trip to Uruguay Cost Taxpayers $97,830 in Hotel Bills,” Washington Post, February 3, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/eric-trumps-trip-to-uruguay-cost-taxpayers-97830-in-hotel-bills/2017/02/03/ababd64e-e95c-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html?utm_term=.265c2c8ceebe.
Trump Organization: no new deals for foreign properties
“Full Transcript of Trump Press Conference,” BBC.com, January 11, 2017, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38536671.
Reagan’s Prophecy Fulfilled
New Yorker: Trump golf cover
Françoise Mouly, “Cover Story: ‘Broken Windows,’ By Harry Blitt,” New Yorker, March 31, 2017, http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2017-04-10.
Ronald Reagan: “government is not the solution, it is the problem”
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, “The Reagan Presidency,” accessed April 10, 2017, https://reaganlibrary.gov/sreference/facts-admin.
Rob Ford and smoking crack
“Raw Video Released of Rob Ford Smoking Crack,” Globe and Mail (Toronto), August 11, 2016, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-raw-video-released-of-rob-ford-smoking-crack/article31375481/.
Jam the Trump Brand
Bill O’Reilly, Color of Change
Color of Change, “Racial Justice Group Calls on Advertisers to Drop Bill O’Reilly,” Color of Change website, accessed April 25, 2017, https://colorofchange.org/press/2017/04/04/racial-justice-group-calls-advertisers-drop-bill-o/.
Emily Steele and Michael S. Schmidt, “Bill O’Reilly Payout Could Be as High as $25 Million,” New York Times, April 20, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/bill-oreilly-payout.html.
O’Reilly golden handshake
Paul Farhi, “Bill O’Reilly’s Gone—with $25 Million in Severance. Now the Hard Work Really Starts for Fox News,” Washington Post, April 20, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-oreillys-gone-now-the-hard-work-really-starts-for-fox-news/2017/04/20/3ddc8f1c-25d6-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.b636849b5bc6.
O’Reilly: highest rated show on US cable news
A.J. Katz, “The Top Cable News Programs of 2016 Were…” TVNewser, December 29, 2016, http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/the-top-cable-news-programs-of-2016-were/315007.
#GrabYourWallet: several chains drop various Trump brands
“A Brief History of the #GrabYourWallet Movement,” #GrabYourWallet website, https://grabyourwallet.org/What%20We%27re%20About.html.
Trump Place resident: “disgust”
Julia Reinstein, “Trump’s Name Taken Off Buildings Because It’s Too Embarrassing for Residents,” Buzzfeed, November 15, 2016, https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/trump-place-name-change?utm_term=.kow2l8B4w#.mtddYBoA9.
Whitehouseinc.org suggested voters phone Trump hotels and resorts
“Call Trump’s White House Inc. Today!” White House Inc. website, accessed May 4, 2017, https://whitehouseinc.org.
CHAPTER 3
The Mar-a-Lago Hunger Games
Ronald Reagan: “How can a president not be an actor?”
Kenneth Milton Wheeler, Effective Communication: A Local Government Guide (Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association, 1994).
Life’s a Bitch
“Trump trailer park” on The Apprentice
The Apprentice, “To Have and Have Not,” Season 6, Episode 2, NBC, January 2007.
Donald Trump: “have-nots,” on The Apprentice
The Apprentice, “To Have and Have Not,” Season 6, Episode 1, NBC, January 2007.
Donald Trump: “life’s a bitch” on The Apprentice
The Apprentice, “Travel Sweepstakes Smackdown,” Season 6, Episode 7, NBC, February 2007.
Credit Suisse: $256 trillion in total global wealth, “While the bottom half…”
Richard Kersley and Antonios Koutsoukis, “The Global Wealth Report 2016,” CreditSuisse.com, November 22, 2016, https://www.credit-suisse.com/ca/en/about-us/research/research-institute/news-and-videos/articles/news-and-expertise/2016/11/en/the-global-wealth-report-2016.html.
In a Real-World Nightmare, Dreams Sell
Trump “university” in hotel meeting rooms
Nina Burleigh, “These Americans Depended on Trump University. They’re Getting a Refund,” Newsweek, January 18, 2017, http://www.newsweek.com/trump-university-refunds-543760.
The People of the State of New York by Eric T. Schneiderman v. The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC f/k/a Trump Universirty LLC, August 24, 2013, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/trump.pdf.
Donald Trump: “I can turn anyone…”
The People of the State of New York v. The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC f/k/a/ Trump University LLC, p. 10, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/trump.pdf.
Reveling in the Fake on the Road to White House
Donald Trump: “It’s very possible…”
Jeremy Useem, “What Does Donald Trump Really Want?” Fortune, April 3, 2000, http://fortune.com/2000/04/03/what-does-donald-trump-really-want/.
The Tyndall Report: 32 minutes on “issues coverage”
Andrew Tyndall, The Tyndall Report (website), October 25, 2016, http://tyndallreport.com/comment/20/5778/.
Fake Fights, Real Stakes
Donald Trump and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearances
1. 2004: Jesse Ventura interviews Donald Trump (WrestleMania XX)
2. January 29, 2007: Fan Appreciation night
3. Early 2007: Trump challenges McMahon to match
4. Early 2007: signs a contract for “Battle of the Billionaires”
5. April 1, 2007: WrestleMania 23 “Battle of the Billiona
ires” (beats McMahon)
6. June 15, 2009: Trump “buys” Monday Night Raw
7. June 22, 2009: Trump “sells” Monday Night Raw back to Vince McMahon
8. February 25, 2013: WWE Hall of Fame Inductee
Donald Trump and the WWE Hall of Fame
“Donald Trump: Bio,” WWE.com, http://www.wwe.com/superstars/donald-trump.
Donald Trump and “Battle of the Billionaires”
“The Battle of the Billionaires Takes Place at WrestleMania,” YouTube video, 4:29, posted by WWE, July 19, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NsrwH9I9vE.
Donald Trump and dropping money on WWE fans
“Donald Trump Gives Away Mr. McMahon’s Money,” YouTube video, 1:31, posted by WWE, July 3, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybtwzNpJ0YA.
Donald Trump appoints former CEO of WWE, Linda McMahon, to his cabinet
White House, “Swearing-in of Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon,” video, 5:25, February 14, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/featured-videos/video/2017/02/14/swearing-small-business-administrator-linda-mcmahon.
WWE annual revenue
“WWE Financials,” WWE Corporate website, http://corporate.wwe.com/investors/sec-and-other-documents/financials.
Matt Taibbi’s Rolling Stone article
Matt Taibbi, “How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable,” Rolling Stone, February 24, 2016, http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-america-made-donald-trump-unstoppable-20160224.
