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Access Hollywood (TV show), 199
African Americans, 108, 144, 172–73, 174, 177, 179
aggression, xvi, 28, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38–39, 46, 47, 48, 49–50, 52, 62, 63, 65, 69, 78, 80–81, 84, 127–28, 142, 145–46, 154, 220
Aiken, Clay, 212
AIPAC, 104–5
alcoholism, 31, 55, 56, 58, 63, 67, 68, 224
“alternative fact,” 92
Ammann, Othmar, 73–74
anxiety, managing, xxii
origins, 10, 12–13, 18–19, 44, 46, 49–50
pathologies, 94, 96, 98, 99, 106–8, 141–42, 145, 146, 147, 150, 164, 173, 175, 176–77, 178, 179, 187, 189, 190–91, 207–8, 209, 215, 217–18, 218–19, 222, 223, 237
Apprentice, The (TV show), 25, 111, 122, 128–29, 140, 197, 212
See also reality television
Arpaio, Joe, 118–19
Art of the Comeback/Deal. See Trump: The Art of the Deal
Atlantic City, 77, 92, 111–12, 172
attention, need for, xx, 5, 17, 23–24, 37, 60, 84, 95, 102, 188, 193, 195, 196, 206
“average expectable environment,” 182–83
bankruptcies, 66, 67, 75, 92, 124–25, 128, 140
Barron, John (fake), 60, 108–10, 111, 112, 196
Barry, Maryanne Trump, 7, 10, 15, 56, 58, 60, 106, 213
beauty pageants, 198–99
Bennett, Michael, 181
billionaire image, 92, 112, 140
“binding force between themselves,” 126–27
birther lie campaign, 97, 99, 100, 108, 147–48, 168
Blair, Gwenda, 10, 39–40, 41, 43, 46, 47, 48, 56, 57, 58–59, 60, 65, 106
blaming, 34, 61–62, 157–62, 232
border wall, 30–31, 45, 131, 178
brand (Trump), 27, 43, 44, 66, 67, 74, 83, 123, 132, 139–40, 198, 210
Brooklyn, 31, 72, 73, 139, 170
brother. See Trump, Fred, Jr.
Brzezinski, Mika, 193
builder, Trump, 71, 87, 139–40
Burnett, Mark, 122
Bush, Barbara, 6
Bush, George W., xiii–xiv
Bush, Jeb, 179
Bush on the Couch (Frank), xiv
castration, 40, 125, 177, 190–91
Catz, Safra, 130
cause and effect, 223–25
“Central Park Five,” 172
certainty defense, 96, 98, 175, 214, 219, 220, 222
Charlottesville, 81, 173, 182, 207–8
childhood. See origins
Clinton, Hillary, 60, 147, 161, 162, 178, 191, 194, 211, 221, 233
cognitive limitations, 211, 213, 218–19, 232
Cohen, Michael, 87
Cohn, Gary, 130–31
Collins, Nancy, 194
“compare and contrast,” 174–75
competitiveness, 46, 47–48, 49, 58, 61, 62, 71–72, 73, 74, 82, 85, 86–87, 201
complexity, 22, 131, 142, 168, 175, 178, 218, 220–21, 223
con artists, xxii–xxiii, 5, 16, 17, 94, 205
Cooper, Anderson, 197
“counter-phobic” behavior, 194
criticism, managing, 16, 24, 50, 104, 121, 157, 207, 218
Daniels, Stormy, 196, 197, 201, 224
D’Antonio, Michael, xx, 28, 33, 46–47, 49, 51, 52, 53
deal maker, artist, 203–4, 205–6
Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA), 62, 103, 126, 131, 223–24
delinquency, 22, 29, 34, 42, 73, 82, 104, 136, 152, 176
Democrats, xiv, xv, 62, 136, 143, 148, 162, 205, 208, 232
destructiveness, xvi, 4–5, 12, 42, 44, 46, 61–62, 63, 81, 120, 139–65, 232–33
detention (DTs, “Donny Trumps”), 37, 42
displacement, 35, 176, 191, 200, 212
divisiveness, 13–14, 136, 163–64, 165, 226
Doocy, Steve, 235
Dunham, Stanley Ann, 6
Duterte, Rodrigo, 87
Eless, Mark, 86
eliteness scale, 53
emotional regulation, 11–13
empathy, 4, 22, 83, 117, 118, 160, 179
end of the beginning, 227–37
envy, 150–52
Envy and Gratitude (Klein), 151
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 87
exaggerations, 5, 36, 106, 110, 210, 214
extramarital affairs, xxi, 15, 85–86, 196, 198, 200, 201
fake identities, 60, 108–12, 196
“fake news,” 96, 107, 108, 110, 131, 148, 207, 211, 224, 232
See also media
family, hostility, 179, 192, 202
father-child dynamic
origins, 16, 28–29, 36, 37–39, 48, 51, 53–55, 57–59, 65, 76–77, 80–84, 87–88
pathologies, 95, 96, 102–3, 104, 105, 114, 120–21, 122, 125, 156–57, 158–59, 173–74, 228
See also origins; Trump, Fred, Sr.
finances and lying, 113–15
Fiorina, Carly, 193
Fire and Fury (Wolff), 113, 131, 200
Fisher, Marc, 27, 30–31, 32–33, 34, 37, 41–42, 49, 68, 76, 86, 92, 109, 111, 154
Forbes, Malcolm, 155–56
Forbes 400 list of America’s wealthiest, 109, 155, 156
Fox & Friends (TV show), 45, 222, 231–34, 235
Fox News, 44–45, 130, 132, 134, 234, 235
Frank, Justin A., xiii–xxiii, 229, 231, 235–37
See also Trump, Donald J.
Freud, Anna, 35
Freud, Sigmund, xiii–xiv, xv, xvi, 3, 80, 140–41, 190
frustration, 5, 11, 38, 158, 190, 201, 217, 224, 225
Gillibrand, Kirsten, 144–45
grandiosity, 5, 22, 25, 48, 63, 79, 87, 119, 120, 122, 133–34, 153–54, 158, 186, 198, 216–19
Guthrie, Woody, 170
Harvey, Ryan, 170
health care, 107, 152, 163, 208–9
Herzog, James, 39
Heyer, Heather, 207
Hilton, Conrad and Barron, 77–78, 79, 111–12, 196
“hooks,” 177
Huffington, Arianna, 194
humiliation, 79–81, 83–84, 99–100, 155, 168, 188, 229
Hurricane Harvey, 118–19
Hurt, Harry, III, 32, 63, 65, 85
hyperactivity, 13, 25, 142, 217
“I alone can fix it,” 135, 219
identification with the aggressor, 35, 69
immigration, 6–7, 177–78, 179, 182, 192, 202, 205, 224
impulsivity, 38, 41, 214–17, 226
incestuous urges, 197
independence illusion, 121–22
intelligence question, 216–17
It’s Even Worse Than You Think (Johnston), xxii
Johnson, La David, 143–44
Johnson, Myesha, 143–44
Johnston, David Cay, xx, xxii, 30, 64, 147–48, 154
Jones, Ernest, 134
Kelly, Megyn, 193
Khan family, 143
“killer,” 9, 55, 64, 68, 102, 158, 189
Kilmeade, Brian, 234
king, belief in, 9, 29, 102, 158
Klein, Melanie, xv–xvi, 3–4, 13, 141, 151
knives. See switchblades
Kranish, Michael, 27, 30–31, 32–33, 34, 37, 41–42, 49, 68, 76, 86, 92, 109, 111, 154
Kruse, Michael, 6, 7–10, 19–20, 21
learning disorders, 206, 212, 213–15, 216–17, 218, 226
leaving, solution of, xxii, 50
Lehrenkrauss & Co., 32
listening, 131, 132, 135, 215, 221–22, 234
losers/losing, 36, 37, 48, 50, 60–61, 85, 221, 223
Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump (Hurt), 32
“Lucky Sperm Club,” 78, 79, 84, 112, 196
lying, xxi, 91–115, 152, 168, 176, 186, 205, 214, 225, 230
Machado, Alicia, 192–93
See also Trump, Mary
“Make America Great Again,” 69, 107, 135
Making of Donald Trump, The (Johnston), 147–48
Manhattan, 31, 40–41, 42, 73, 75, 76, 82, 125, 139
Maples, Marla, 36, 85, 86, 111
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School murders, 34
martyred savior, 135–36
McCarthy, Joseph, 171
McDougal, Karen, 196, 197, 198, 201
media, xxii, 23–24, 92, 99, 100, 103, 110–11, 112, 155, 170, 224, 228, 234, 235
See also “fake news”
mental health question, xv, xviii–xix, 105–6, 231–36
Meyers, Seth, 99
military, contempt, 51–52
See also New York Military Academy
Miller, John (fake), 108–9, 111
mirror, 14, 24–25, 47, 63, 118, 129, 155, 169, 173, 218
money, withholding, 122–23
mother-child dynamic
origins, 10–14, 15–16, 17, 18–19, 21–22, 23–25, 38–39
pathologies, 94–95, 96, 97, 98, 99–100, 102–3, 104, 105, 114, 120–21, 126–27, 133, 141–42, 145–46, 150–51, 156–58, 159, 187–88, 191–92, 195, 202, 215, 228–29
See also origins; Trump, Mary
Mueller, Robert, 82, 136, 189, 232
Murdoch, Rupert, 234
“Mystery of Mary Trump, The” (Kruse), 6
narcissism, xxi, 41, 43–44, 48, 79–80, 81, 84, 87, 101, 103, 117–37, 153, 154, 156, 159, 173, 186, 187, 197, 198, 201, 230
New York Military Academy, 29, 40, 41, 42–43, 46–47, 48–49, 50–52, 53, 54, 65, 82, 102, 103, 125, 226
Obama, Barack, 59, 62, 97, 99, 108, 147–48, 152, 162, 164, 168, 186, 212, 236–37
Obama on the Couch (Frank), xiv
“object hunger,” 121
objects, 157, 176, 183, 198, 201
Obsessive Bipartisan Disorder, xiv
O’Donnell, Lawrence, 234
Oedipus, 41, 77, 80–81, 190–91, 200–201
“Old Man Trump” (Harvey), 170
omnipotence, 40–41, 48, 63–64, 101, 103, 107, 108, 120, 124, 125, 126–27, 132, 136, 146, 158–59, 160, 162, 186, 199, 200, 201, 220
origins, xvi, xvii, xx, 1–88, 228
See also father-child dynamic; mother-child dynamic; pathologies; psychoanalysis; Trump, Fred, Jr.
“otherness,” 169, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 183, 232
paramnesia, 224–25
paranoia, xxi, 48, 150, 151, 154, 173, 217, 224, 232
passive-aggression, 62, 64, 225
pathologies, xvi–xvii, xxi, xxii, xxiii, 89–237
See also origins; psychoanalysis; specific pathologies
Peale, Norman Vincent, 64
Pelosi, Nancy, 191
phallic narcissism, 41, 79–80, 81, 84
popular vote, 60
Porter, Rob, 199
Power of Positive Thinking, The (Peale), 64
“problem-child behavior,” 33–38, 215–16, 226
projection
origins, 11, 12, 13, 35, 38, 57–59, 61, 75, 80, 83–84
pathologies, 92, 96, 97, 108, 111, 112–13, 122, 125, 137, 141, 142–44, 146–49, 150, 151, 154, 156, 158, 159, 160–61, 169–70, 174, 176–77, 180, 181, 183, 194, 212, 221
psychic retreat, 44–46, 48, 50
psychoanalysis, xiii–xiv, xv–xxi, 3, 80, 99–100, 228
See also origins; pathologies
Puerto Rico, 41, 98, 157, 159–60
punching a teacher, 33, 41, 215
Puzder, Andrew, 199
Queens, 7, 31, 41, 72, 74, 170, 226
rallies, 100, 101, 129, 130, 180, 181, 232
Reagan, Ronald, 135
reality television, 71, 98–99, 128
See also Apprentice, The
Remnick, David, xviii
Republicans, xiv, xv, 46, 87, 104, 124, 136, 193, 194, 197, 208, 220
reversing positions, 205–6, 222–23
rivals, 71–88
See also Trump, Fred, Sr.
Robbins, Tony, 154
Rose, Charlie, 21
rules and regulations, 40, 72, 122–26, 152
Russia, xiv, xv, xix, 60, 82, 114, 131, 136, 162, 163, 186, 221
Ryan, April, 177
sadism, 5, 63, 82, 83, 178–79, 221
Schnoebelen, Tyler, 104
“selected emotional fact,” xvii
sexism, xxi, 177, 178, 185–202
shame, 40, 64, 79–81, 83–84, 106, 121, 153, 159, 161, 176, 187–88, 214, 217, 219
sibling rivalry. See Trump, Fred, Jr.
Sorensen, David, 199
splitting, 13, 141, 146, 163, 178
Steeplechase Park, 56
Stewart, Martha, 19
supporters of Trump, xix, 30, 52, 67, 100–101, 102, 103, 164, 168, 173, 182, 183, 209, 231, 236–37
Surviving at the Top (Trump, D.), 155
switchblades, 40, 41–42, 73, 82, 125
Symington, Joan, 126–27, 131, 132
Syria discussion, 215
“tangential thinking,” 210
tax returns, xxi, 113, 123–24, 137, 148
Thiel, Peter, 130
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Bennett), 181
Think Big: Make It Happen in Business and Life (Trump, D.), 20
Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life (Trump, D.), 71, 153
Think Like a Champion (Trump, D.), 8
throwing rocks at neighbor’s son, 33–34, 35, 37, 52
Trudeau, Justin, 225
Trump, Barron, 111, 118, 129, 196, 198
Trump, Donald J., xiii–xxiii, 4, 6, 7, 229, 231, 235–37
See also origins; pathologies; specific characteristics
Trump, Fred, Jr., 7, 43, 55–69, 75, 80, 81, 97, 159, 213
See also origins
Trump, Fred, Sr., 27–54
absence of, 28–29, 36, 37–38, 39, 80, 95, 102, 121
death of, 7, 27, 63, 68, 72, 85, 86–87, 109
Donald and, 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 20–21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 42, 58–59, 60–61, 63–64, 68, 69, 87, 109, 213
Donald vs., 71–88, 114, 139, 163, 177, 201
exiling Donald to NYMA, 29, 40, 41, 42–43, 46–47, 48–49, 50–52, 53, 54, 65, 82–83, 102, 103, 125, 226
financial help for Donald, 28, 66, 67, 75, 78, 83, 121–22, 150
Mary and, 7–8, 16, 20–21, 28, 32, 84–85, 201
tyrannical father, 10, 36–38, 51, 53–55, 173–74, 228
unethical, 29, 30, 32–33, 64–65, 75, 122
See also father-child dynamic
Trump, Friedrich, 30–31
Trump, Ivana, 15, 20, 22, 85, 111, 194–95
Trump, Mary, 3–26
absence of, 8, 9–11, 14–15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 35, 80, 83, 95, 119, 121, 127, 142, 188, 193
Donald and, 6, 8, 15, 18–20, 26, 59, 185, 187, 190, 196, 201, 213
Fred Sr. and, 7–8, 16, 20–21, 28, 32, 84–85, 201
health issues, 7, 9, 10, 35, 102, 142, 193
See also mother-child dynamic
Trump, Melania, 18, 111, 118, 196, 197, 198, 224
Trump, Robert, 7, 15, 34, 35, 62, 152–53, 213
Trump: The Art of the Comeback (Trump, D.), 18, 19, 110–11, 112, 149, 153, 189–90
Trump: The Art of the Deal (Trump, D.), 15, 17, 29, 53, 61, 62, 72, 75–76, 77, 79, 92, 133, 203–5
Trump: The Saga of America’s Most Powerful Real Estate Baron (Tuccille), 74
Trump on the Couch (Frank), xiii–xxiii, 229, 231, 235–37
See also Trump, Donald J.
Trump projects, 27, 56, 77, 172
Trump Revealed (Kranish and Fisher), 27, 73–74
Trump Taj Mahal, 27, 36, 86, 92
Trump Tower, 17, 27, 44, 45, 76–77, 97, 98, 134, 170, 195, 205, 207
Truth About Donald Trump, The (D’Antonio), 28
“truthful hyperbole,” 92, 113, 225
Tuccille, Jerome, 74
Twitter/tweets, xvi, xx, 19–20, 25, 34, 62, 65, 130, 132, 134, 143, 144, 182, 210, 217, 218, 234
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge dedication, 73–75, 100
victimhood, 69, 103, 161, 187, 188–89, 232
vulnerability, 36, 39, 63, 95, 119, 120, 160–62, 169
Warren, Elizabeth, 144, 147, 191
weakness, 35–36, 41, 58, 81, 86, 153, 159, 160, 162, 169, 188
“we-ness,” 180–81
West Side Story (film), 40, 41
White House bedroom door extra lock, 195–96
White House Correspondents dinner (2011), 99, 100, 168
winning, 37, 46, 47–48, 49, 50, 221, 223
Wolff, Michael, xx, 99, 113, 115, 131, 200, 202
women. See sexism
words, thought, action, 209–11
“working through,” xvii
worldview, 10–14, 40, 101, 178, 189, 202, 228
Wright, Jim, 139
Xi Jinping, 87
zoning laws manipulation, 122