75
“Democracy Dies in Darkness”
(Washington Post),
19
Democrats
Bill Clinton, NAFTA, and 52
Hillary Clinton campaign and, 5–6
2018 midterm elections and, 8
name-calling by Trump of, 10
Trump slogan as jab at, 9
See also
Obama, Barack
Dempsey, Maria Guadalupe, 33
deregulation, 49–51, 63
dictators.
See
authoritarian leaders
Doniger, David, 61
Dreamers, 38–39
Durbin, Dick, 31
economy
America First policy and, 45, 51
budget deficit and, 48
campaign promises about, 9
government regulations on business
and investment and, 49–51, 63
gross domestic product and, 45, 48
sales to Chinese tech companies and,
44–45
steel and aluminum industry and, 54
strength of, 7, 45
tax reform and, 47–48
trade agreements and, 51–52
uncertainty about, 55
See also
tariffs
election(s)
2016 presidential
Clinton predicted as winner of, 5
results, 6, 12
Russian interference in, 15, 26,
26
2018 midterm, 8, 25, 50
See also
Trump presidential campaign
El Salvador, 41
employment
black and Hispanic, 48
job fairs,
49
levels, 45, 50
endangered species, 65
environment
Affordable Clean Energy rule and, 60
America First on Paris climate
agreement and, 57–58
climate change’s threat to military and,
56
CO
2
emissions and, 58–60
deregulation endangers, 51, 63
fracking and, 62–63
fuel economy standards and,
64,
64–66
Green New Deal for, 62
Trump denial of climate change and
effects on, 56
wildlife habitats and, 63
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 24
European Union, 24
“fake news,” 7, 14
far-right groups, 12
FBI, on election of 2016, 15
Fischer, Tex, 56–57
Flake, Jeff, 26–27
Flournoy, Michéle A., 23, 24
Flynn, Michael, 15
foreign policy
aid cut to El Salvador, Guatemala, and
Honduras, 41
America First as basis for, 21–22
Cost Plus 50 plan, 23–24
D-Day commemoration comments
about, 23
European leaders criticized and
insulted by, 24
Iran, 28–31, 38
Iraq, 38
Israel, 25
NATO, 9, 22–23, 24
North Korea, 27–28
Orban and, 20
overview of, 7
“principled realism” approach of, 22
Putin and, 26–27
Saudi Arabia, 24–25, 38
South Korea, 23, 28
Trump promises about, during
campaign, 9
Venezuela, 29
fracking, 62–63
France, 23, 24
fuel economy standards,
64,
64–66
Gates, Guilbert, 54
Gee, Dolly, 36
Germany, 23, 24
Gidley, Hogan, 17
Gillenwater, Michael, 62
Gleckman, Howard, 50
