78
Sudan, 38
Supreme Court, 7, 38, 58
Syria, 38
Taibbi, Matt, 16–17
tariffs
cost of, to American economy, 54
described, 45
imposed on China, 53–55
on steel and aluminum products, 54
threats to impose, on Mexico, 42, 52
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 50
tax reform, 47–48
terrorism, 38
Tillerson, Rex, 13, 18, 57
trade agreements, 51–52
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 51–52
“true Enemy of the People,” news media
as, 7
Trump, Donald J.,
6, 26
attacks made by
against Mexican immigrants, 34
against news media, 7, 8
against other individuals, 5, 9, 10
background, 4–5
characteristics of
belief in ability to make deals, 52–53
bullying, 10
combativeness, 8, 17, 18
dislike of personal confrontation, 18
impulsiveness, 17
temperament, 7
values loyalty over almost
everything, 18
winning as everything, 11
false claims made by, 11, 12–13
personal life, 5
Trump, Ivanka, 57
Trump, Melania, 36
Trump Organization, 4–5
Trump presidential campaign,
11
attacks on individuals, 5, 9–10
attacks on US allies, 9
on climate change as Chinese hoax,
56
promises to build wall paid for by
Mexico, 32–33, 42
promises to lower taxes, 47
Trump Tower, 5
Trump University, 5
Turkey, 24
Twitter
followers of Obama, 13
followers of Trump, 13
tweets by Trump
about border control, 33
about fighting Notre Dame Cathedral
fire, 14
about state of economy, 45
about tariffs on products from
Mexico in, 42
attacks on Mueller investigation in, 15
charges about media being “fake
news” in, 14
denial of existence of climate change
in, 56,
59
firing of Secretary of State Tillerson
in, 13, 18
promises to stop using, 13
threat to North Korean leader in,
27–28
Ukraine, 16, 27
Unite the Right rally (Charlottesville,
Virginia), 12
United Kingdom, 23, 24
US Customs and Border Protection, 32,
41
US Department of Defense, 56
US Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), 36
US Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), 36
US Department of Transportation, 64
US Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), 57, 64
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 65
Venezuela, 29
Warren, Elizabeth, 10
Washington Post
(newspaper), 13, 19, 60
Wheeler, Andrew, 60, 64
white supremacist groups, 12
wildlife, endangered species, 65
wildlife habitats, 63
Xi Jinping, 25, 53, 55
Yemen, 38
zero-tolerance policy, 35–37,
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