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• ABC, 47, 396, 401
• ABLE ARCHER, xvii
• Abrams, Stacey, 164, 374
• Abutaleb, Yasmeen, 125
• ACE2 receptors, 83
• adenovirus-based coronavirus vaccines, 83
• Affordable Care Act (ACA)/Obamacare, 3, 42, 76–78, 187, 319, 368
• Afghanistan
• Arlington National Cemetery, Biden’s visit to, 388, Plate k
  • Biden’s review of situation and draw-down plan, 334–40, 376–91
  • as drone base and CIA listening post, 382, 390
  • Obama presidency and, 334–36, 338–39, 380–82, 385, 387
  • “Poignant Vision” (war game), 381
  • reactions to Biden draw-down, 389–91
  • shifting mission in, 337–38
  • Trump’s plans for withdrawing U.S. troops from, 100, 103, 148, 156–58, 160, 335, 389, 390
• African Americans. See race/racism
• Air Force One, 174, 263, 288, 290, 400, 404, 406
• Air Force Two, 224, 225, 298
• Aitken, Margaret, 139–40
• Akhromeyev, Sergei, 128
• Al Qaeda, 337, 338, 378, 381, 385, 389
• Alaska, in economic stimulus bill, 333
• Alexander, Lamar, 77
• Alito, Samuel, 178, 201
• Almost Heaven (Manchin houseboat), 318, 351, 362
• Alpha Kappa Alpha (Harris’s sorority), 116, 294
• alternate slate/dual slate claims, 209–11, 226, 227
• Amazon, 356
• “America First,” 25, 256, 396
• “American Carnage” inaugural address of Trump, 16, 86
• American Federation of Teachers, 323
• Amherst College, 64–65
• Andrews Air Force Base (Joint Base Andrews), 97, 225, 290, 297, 407
• Antifa, 86, 87
• anti-Semitism, 2, 4, 262, 263, 273, 275
• anti-social personality disorder, 6
• Anzalone, John, 18, 47
• AOC. See Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
• The Apprentice (TV show), 183
• Arizona
  • audits of voting in, 374
  • claims of fraudulent voting in, 219–21
  • lawsuit to decertify election results in, 200
  • objection to certification of votes in, 232, 255, 256–57
• Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council, 220
• Arlington National Cemetery, 108, 130, 388, Plate k
• Armed Services Committee, 24
• assault on Capitol (Jan. 6, 2021). See Capitol assault
• Associated Press, 132, 137, 169
• The Atlantic, 4
• Austin, Lloyd, 168, 336, 339, 376–78, 385–86, 387, Plate j
• automobile industry, Obama’s rescue of, 190
• Avenue in the Rain (Hassam), 292
• Axios, 158
• Ayers, Nick, 281–82
• Babbitt, Ashli, 241, 248
• Balsamo, Mike, 169
• Banks, Jim, 346
• Bannon, Steve, 7, 207–8, 233, 234, 273–74, 289
• Barr, Christine, 70, 71
• Barr, William (Bill)
  • appointment as attorney general, 26–28
  • on birthright citizenship, 78–79
  • commitment to stay on as attorney general, 173–74
  • efforts to talk Trump into accepting loss, 165–67, 170–73, 247
  • on fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, 165–67, 169–74, 180
  • Joe and Hunter Biden, refusal to investigate, 57, 197
  • Lafayette Square, at clearing of, 94, 96, Plate d
  • McConnell and, 126
  • Mueller report and, 26, 27–29
  • on Obamacare, 76–78
  • on Patel as FBI director, 155–56
  • photos of, Plate c, Plate d
  • on political use of justice system, 80
  • on Sidney Powell special counsel proposal, 196–97
  • on presidential campaign of 2020, 70–75
  • on racial unrest after Floyd murder, 88, 90–92
  • resignation of, 180–81
• Bartholomew, Joseph M., and Bartholomew Golf Course, 19, 22
• Basu, Zachary, 158
• Bauer, Bob, 31
• Beautiful Things (Hunter Biden memoir), 13, 37
• Bedingfield, Kate, 59
• Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump’s golf club at, 1, 113, 279, 397
• Beethoven, 331
• Belichick, Bill, 279
• Bernstein, Sonya, 300, 353
• Bessler, John, 64
• Bhutto, Benazir, 379
• Biden, Ashley (daughter of Joe Biden), 16, 139
• Biden, Beau (Joseph R. Biden, III)
  • Afghanistan, in Biden’s remarks about, 339, 388
  • Lloyd Austin, on staff of, 336
  • brain cancer, death from, 12–14, 19, 118, 289, 408
  • brother Hunter dating widow of, 16–17, 34
  • Buttigieg and, 50, 64
  • Democratic primary of 2020 and, 17, 40–42, 50
  • funeral of, 36, 118
  • Harris and, 50, 117–18
  • Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard Reserve Center, 289
  • photo of, Plate k
  • Promise Me, Dad (Joe Biden memoir) and, 16, 17
• Biden, Finnegan (daughter of Hunter), 37
• Biden, Hallie (widow of Beau), 16–17, 408
• Biden, Hunter
  • Beautiful Things (memoir), 13, 37
  • Joe Biden and 2016 presidential election, 12–13
  • divorce from Kathleen and involvement with Hallie, 16–17, 34
  • Graham on, 142
  • investigations of, proposed and actual, 57, 139, 197
  • personal problems of, 12, 17–19, 34, 37–38
  • Ukraine, Trump encouraging investigation of Bidens by, 57
  • at Wilmington victory address (Nov. 7, 2020), 139
• Biden, Jill, 15–17, 36, 37, 43, 63, 64, 119, 120, 139, 370, 407, Plate h
• Biden, Joe
  • Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally, response to, 1–4
  • congressional elections of 2018, campaigning in, 17–19, 21–22
  • first two runs for presidency (1988, 2008), 11–12, 33, 34, 35
  • as former vice-president, 2–3, 15–16
  • gaffes, proneness to, 43, 81, 404–6
  • Graham and, 142–43, 258
  • marriage to Jill, 15–16
  • McConnell and, 125–26, 137–38, 182–83, 285–86, 308, 324–25
  • personal problems of Hunter Biden and, 12, 17–19, 34, 36–38
  • personal tragedies of, 11, 13–14, 140, 408
  • photos of, Plate e, Plate h, Plate k, Plate m, Plate p
  • presidential election of 2016 and, 12–16, 33
  • progressives and, 42, 44, 173, 285, 405
  • Promise Me, Dad (memoir), 16, 17, 18
  • Promises to Keep (autobiography), 11
  • sexual misconduct allegations against, 36, 43
  • Trump, opinion of, 33, 44, 417
  • Trump on Russia investigation and, 73, 79–80
  • Ukraine, Trump encouraging investigation of Bidens by, 57
  • vice presidential desk drawer, signing of, 267
• Biden, Joe, in 2020 Democratic primary, 55–70. See also specific states
  • announcement of candidacy, 23, 35, 40, 44–47
  • Clyburn and, 48–49, 52, 60–63
  • debates, 50, 61, 64, 119
  • Democratic primary candidates running against, 44, 50–54
  • endorsed by other primary candidates, 62–64, 66
  • lack of visibility on campaign trail, concerns about, 81
  • primary candidates in, 44, 50–54
  • on racial unrest after Floyd murder, 99
  • rumor that Democrats would replace Biden at convention, 69
  • school busing, Harris on Biden’s opposition to, 50, 118–19
  • segregationist senators, on working with, 48–50
  • Super Tuesday, 58, 63, 66
• Biden, Joe, in 2020 presidential campaign
  • age and mental competency, insinuations regarding, 45–47, 112, 329
  • Capitol assault designed to overthrow election victory of, xviii–xix
  • coronavirus and, 55–56, 67, 68, 81–82, 84–85
  • debates, 123, 124
  • decision to run for president, 18–19, 21–23, 31–37
  • declaration as winner, 137
  • Delaware congressional delegation and, 40–42
  • election night/results, 131–33
  • family-related attacks on Biden in, 34, 36
  • as fundraiser, 23, 45, 59
  • Harris chosen as running mate, 116–20
  • mail-in ballots, Trump versus Biden on, 131–32, 133
  • McConnell on, 125–26
  • “soul,” concept of, in, 4, 39, 44, 47, 120, 138–39, 293
  • Trump’s nicknames for Biden in, 46, 67
  • Trump’s reaction to, 45–47, 81, 112, 329
  • woman as running mate, plans for, 42, 116
• Biden, Joe, in post-election period
  • Black appointees under, 168
  • Capitol assault, reaction to, 251–52, 268
  • coronavirus vaccine distribution planning, 185–90
  • economic stimulus plan, 185, 190, 268–72, 294–85
  • Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard Reserve Center, speaking at, 289
  • Manlove phone call and letter, 139–41, 442
  • McCarthy on, 191, 192
  • McConnell and, 137–38
  • Pompeo on transition period, 152
  • pre-inauguration speech (Jan. 14, 2021), 271, 284–87
  • transition team, Trump administration’s lack of cooperation with, 187
  • Wilmington address (Nov. 7, 2020), 138–39
• Biden, Joe, presidency of. See also economic stimulus plan, under Biden; inauguration of Biden; White House staff, under Biden
  • Afghanistan review and draw-down decision, 334–40, 376–91
  • Carter, compared by McLaughlin to, 398
  • coronavirus response plan under, 299–302, 326, 352–53, 408
  • Democrats’ relief at, 328–31
  • first days in office, 299–302
  • on immigration, 410
  • impeachment articles filed by Marjorie Taylor Greene against, 305
  • infrastructure bill, 405
  • Manchin and, 358–59, 364–65
  • paradigm change from Trump White House, 370
  • Putin and Russia, 401–4, 406, Plate p
  • stumble on Air Force One steps, 406
  • Trump’s letter to Biden, 287–88, 299
  • Trump’s shadow on, 207–8, 417–18
  • White House, Biden’s discomfort in, 407
• Biden, Joe senior (Biden’s father), 11, 64–65
• Biden, Joseph R. “Beau,” III. See Biden, Beau
• Biden, Kathleen (wife of Hunter), 12–13, 16, 34
• Biden, Maisy (daughter of Hunter), 37
• Biden, Naomi (daughter of Hunter), 37
• Biden, Naomi (daughter of Joe and Neilia), 11, 13, 140, 408
• Biden, Neilia (Joe Biden’s first wife), 11, 13, 140, 408
• Biden, Robert “Hunter,” II (son of Beau), 36
• Biden, Valerie, 67
• Biden Cancer Initiative, 15
• Biden Foundation, 15
• Biden Institute, University of Delaware, 15
• BioNTech, 114, 184
• bipartisanship
  • Biden and Democrats on, 329–30
  • economic stimulus plan, negotiations on, 306–17, 320–21
  • in inauguration speech of Biden, 296
  • infrastructure bill, 405
  • McConnell on Biden and, 285–86, 308
  • segregationist senators, Biden on working with, 48–50
• birthright citizenship, Trump’s desire to challenge, 78–79
• Bishop, Vaughn, 156
• Black community. See race/racism
• Black Lives Matter (organization), 2, 87, 91
• Black Lives Matter Plaza, Washington, D.C., 89
• Blasey Ford, Christine, 20–21
• Blinken, Tony, 55, 335, 376–77, 383–86, 391, Plate j
• Bloomberg, Michael, 51–52, 53, 58
• Blue Room, White House, 175
• Blumenthal, Richard, 356, 366
• Blunt, Roy, 255, 291, 344
• Blunt Rochester, Lisa, 40–42
• Bobb, Christina, 219
• Boebert, Lauren, 346
• Bondi, Pam, 345
• Boogaloo Boys, 277
• Booker, Cory, 22
• Boozman, John, 344
• border wall, 8, 9, 207, 299
• Bossie, David, 145–47
• Botsford, Jabin, 287
• Bourla, Albert, 123–24
• Bowser, Muriel, 235
• Boxer, Barbara, 118
• Bradley, Omar, xvii
• Branch Davidians, 88
• Breitbart and Breitbart News, 7, 151
• Breyer, Stephen, 57
• Bro, Susan, 45
• broadband programs in rural areas, 348–49, 354
• Brooks, David, 405
• Brooks, Mo, 202
• “brotherhood,” 126
• Brown, George, xxiv–xxv
• Brown, Sherrod, 255
• Brown Shirts, 273
• Burisma, 57
• Burks, Jonathan, 6, 7, 9
• Burwell, Sylvia, 300
• Bush, George H. W., 26, 71–72, 79, 106, 199, 267, 314
• Bush, George W., 177, 199, 237, 281, 286, 295, 312, 335, 337, 391
• Buttigieg, Pete, 35, 50, 51, 53, 58–59, 63, 64, 370
• Byrne, Patrick, 193, 196
• Cabinet Room, White House, 196
• Canada, 7
• Capito, Shelley Moore, 313–14
• Capitol assault (Jan. 6, 2021), 237–58
  • assault on/rioter entry into Capitol, 241–56, Plate f
  • Ashli Babbitt, shooting death of, 241, 248
  • Biden’s reaction to, 251–52, 268
  • Cabinet members briefed on rally, 238
  • criminal charges in, 414
  • electoral vote count and, 243, 255–59
  • evacuation of Pelosi, Clyburn, and McConnell, 241–43
  • evening prior to (Jan. 5), 228–36
  • foreign concerns about, xiii–xviii, xxviii
  • gathering of supporters at Freedom Plaza, 228, 230–31
  • Giuliani’s rally address, 239
  • hanging of Pence, calls for, 241, 341
  • as intelligence failure, 415
  • “lovefest,” viewed by Trump as, 228, 254, 256, 413
  • march on Capitol, 240–41
  • Kevin McCarthy on Trump;s responsibility for, 303
  • McConnell in, 243, 244, 252, 255
  • McConnell’s speech on, 342, 343, 350, 393
  • Milley and, xviii–xxviii, 243, 250–51, 273–74, 415–16
  • Pence and, 241, 243, 244, 245, 249, 251, 253, 256, 266, 278–82, 341
  • pipe bombs, 241
  • planning for rally at Freedom Plaza, 206–8
  • pre-rally concerns about violence, 234–36
  • riot, declaration of, 240–41
  • Russian Revolution compared, 415–16
  • second impeachment of Trump and, 280–81, 282, 304–5, 341–42
  • Adam Smith on overheard talk of participants, 237–58
  • Trump legacy and, 410, 413–14
  • Trump response to, 239–40, 245–46, 248–51, 254, 256, 279–83
  • White House staff’s lack of response to, xxi–xxii, xxvii, 246, 248–49, 253–54, 282
• Capitol, Biden inauguration at. See inauguration of Biden
• Capitol Police, 240, 241, 243, 246, 247, 251, 253, 254, 276, 294, 413, Plate f
• Carlson, Tucker, 163
• Carper, Tom, 40, 355, 360, 363, 364, 365, 368, 371
• Carter, Jimmy, 31, 361, 398
• Case, Steve, 33
• Cassidy, Bill, 307
• Castor, Bruce, 341
• Catholicism
  • of Biden, 1, 3, 11, 296, 382
  • of Collins, 323
  • of Donilon, 1
• CBS This Morning, 43
• Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, 123
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 55, 56, 123, 408
• Central Intelligence Agency. See CIA
• certification of election/refusal to certify
  • Arizona, lawsuit to decertify election results in, 200
  • Capitol assault and, 243, 255–59
  • completion of certification, 256–58
  • congressional commission to investigate election, proposal for, 232
  • Cruz on, 201–2, 206, 232, 255, 256
  • discussion of Quayle and Pence on, 198–201
  • dual slate/alternate slate claims, 209–11, 226, 227
  • Eastman memo on, 203, 209–11
  • Gohmert and, 267
  • Graham on, 182, 257–58
  • House, contested elections decided by, 198–200, 211–12, 228
  • Mike Lee on, 201–3, 206, 209–12
  • McConnell and, 201–2, 214, 255
  • Meadows and, 202, 210, 212, 240
  • Pence and, 197, 198–201, 205–7, 211, 212, 214–15, 224–30, 232–34, 237–40, 256, 258
  • Republican congressional members on, 231–32
  • Senate parliamentarian on, 214–15
  • senatorial objection to certification, 202, 205–6
  • Marc Short and, 205, 214–15, 224–25, 230, 232, 234, 237, 238, 258
  • state legislatures not supporting, 227
  • Trump urging rejection of certification, 181–82, 198–203, 205–7, 225–30, 233–34, 237–40
  • 12th Amendment and, 198–99, 210–12
• Chamberlain, Neville, 112
• Chao, Elaine, 260
• Charlottesville, VA
  • Biden’s announcement of candidacy in, 44
  • “Unite the Right” rally in (2017), 1–4, 5, 7–8, 39, 45, 120, Plate a
• Chauvin, Derek, 86
• Chavez, Cesar, 292
• Chávez, Hugo, 178
• Cheney, Dick, 281
• Cheney, Liz, 281, 344, 393
• child tax credit, expansion of, 271–72, 284, 313
• China
  • Afghanistan and, 377
  • Capitol assault, concerns about, xiii–xviii, xxviii
  • coronavirus outbreak and, 55, 56, 129
  • military capabilities of, xv–xvi
  • Milley’s knowledge of, 25
  • Sidney Powell on communist election conspiracy, 163
  • secret U.S. plot to attack (Oct. 30, 2020), fears of, xiii–xiv, 128–30
  • South China Sea, control of, xvi–xvii, 128
  • Taiwan and, xvi, xvi–xvii
• Churchill, Winston, 242, 416
• CIA, xviii, 32, 151, 152, 156, 159, 250, 296, 377, 382, 389
• Cipollone, Pat, 77–79, 108, 165, 169, 194, 240, 247, 290
• Civil War, U.S., 87
• Clark, Justin, 180
• Clinton, Bill, 112, 199, 286, 292, 293, 295, 312
• Clinton, Hillary
  • Afghanistan and, 335, 380–81, 386
  • at Biden inauguration, 295
  • in presidential election of 2016, 12, 14–16, 23, 31–33, 51, 57, 66, 81, 133, 175, 193, 399
  • as secretary of state, 12, 335, 380, 386
• Clyburn, Angela, 62
• Clyburn, Emily, 49, 62
• Clyburn, James, 48–49, 52, 60–63, 116–17, 119, 131–32, 167–68, 241–42, 295, 372–75, Plate m
• Clyburn, Jennifer, 62
• CNN, xxviii, 24, 63, 176, 355, 404
• Coalition of the Willing (Blinken dad-rock band), 55, 376
• COIN, 337
• Collins, Kaitlan, 404
• Collins, Susan, 306–10, 313, 314, 317, 322–25, 328, 331–32, 341
• Comey, James, 73, 172
• communist election conspiracy, 163
• community health/vaccination centers, 189, 352, 353
• Confederate flags/monuments/military base names, 107–9
• Congress. See also Capitol assault; certification of election/refusal to certify; House; impeachment; Senate
  • Delaware congressional delegation and Biden, 40–42
  • elections of 1994, 396
  • elections of 2018, 17–19, 21–22, 31–32
  • elections of 2020, 134, 144, 183, 191–92
  • elections of 2022, 31, 286, 304, 344, 345, 350, 375, 391, 393, 396, 400, 410–11
• Congressional Baseball Game, 18
• Congressional Black Caucus, 17, 22, 60
• congressional commission to investigate election, proposal for, 232
• Conmy Hall, 275, 299
• Constitution
  • 12th Amendment, 198–99, 210–12, 257
  • 14th Amendment, 78
  • 25th Amendment, xix, xxiv, 259–60, 280
  • Milley on oath to, 97, 98, 154
  • reconciliation process and, 372
  • strict construction of, 201
• “Contract with America,” 396
• Conway, Kellyanne, 45–46, 74, 77, 125, 133, 398–99, Plate n
• Coons, Chris, 40–41, 42, 137–38
• Cornyn, John, 137–38
• coronavirus. See also economic stimulus plan
  • antibody cocktails and Regeneron, 125
  • Biden presidency and, 299–302, 326, 352–53, 408
  • in Biden presidential campaign and briefings, 55–56, 67, 68, 81–82, 84–85
  • Biden transition team on, 185–90
  • bipartisanship claimed in developing relief framework, 307
  • bleach comment, 81
  • China and, 55, 56, 129
  • community health/vaccination centers, 189, 352, 353
  • death of Elizabeth Warren’s brother from, 67
  • death rates, 82, 113, 185, 270, 300, 408
  • Delta variant, 408
  • emergency approval for vaccines, 122–24, 149–50, 184–85
  • FEMA and, 188–89
  • Giuliani hospitalized with, 175
  • lag in distribution of vaccines, under Trump, 185, 187, 188
  • Manlove funeral, Biden’s inability to attend, 141
  • masks/masking, 125, 175, 263, 293, 299, 302, 309, 408
  • Obamacare challenges and, 76
  • “Operation Warp Speed,” 114, 181
  • Pence and coronavirus task force, 150, 228
  • presidential election results and, 133, 134
  • race and health inequities, 83–84
  • testing infrastructure, 189, 300, 309, 352–53
  • Trump’s handling of, 56, 68–69, 74, 81, 82–84, 113–15, 122–25, 129, 185, 187–89
  • Trump’s hospitalization for, 124–25
  • vaccine creation and distribution, 83, 113–15, 122–24, 149–50, 181, 184–85, 262–63, 300–302, 309, 352, 353, 362, 398, 408
  • vaccine hesitancy and opposition, 408
  • viral mechanism of, 82–83
  • White House staff contracting, 125, 146
• Cortes, Steve, 175–76
• Costa, Robert, 417–18
• COVID-19. See coronavirus
• Crowe, William J. (Admiral), 128
• Cruz, Heidi, 179
• Cruz, Ted, 178–80, 201–2, 206, 232, 255, 256
• C-SPAN, 200
• Cuba and communist election conspiracy, 163
• Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), xv
• Cullen, Richard, 237–38, 260
• Cummings, Elijah, 53
• cyberattacks, xvi, 402, 406
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security, 159
• Daffron, Tom, 306
• Daines, Steve, 256
• Davidson, Philip, xvii
• dead, claims of voting by, 144–45, 213–14, 216–17
• death rates from coronavirus, 82, 113, 185, 270, 300, 408
• debates
  • in Democratic primaries, 50, 61, 64, 119
  • Pence-Harris, 120
  • Trump-Biden, 123, 124, 133
• “deep state,” 113, 114, 155
• Deere, Judd, 231, 269
• Deese, Brian, 190, 271, 313, 314, 332
• Defense, Department of, xxiii, 243, 264, 300
• Defense Production Act, 189
• DeLauro, Rosa, 272
• Delaware
  • Biden as president missing homes in, 402
  • Biden Institute, University of Delaware, 15
  • business-friendliness of, 318
  • congressional delegation and Biden’s presidential bid, 40–42
  • Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard Reserve Center, 289
  • Manlove phone call and letter, 139–41, 442
  • Wilmington victory address (Nov. 7, 2020), 138–39
• Delta variant, 408
• Democratic National Committee (DNC), chair of, 168
• Democrats. See also Biden, Joe, in 2020 Democratic primary; progressives
  • Biden presidency, relief at, 328–31
  • Collins targeted by, 323
  • congressional elections of 2018 and, 17–19, 21–22, 31–32
  • congressional results in 2020 elections, 144
  • economic stimulus plan and, 268–71, 285, 326, 362
  • Harrison’s salary as DNC chair, 168
  • infrastructure bill and, 405
  • rumor that Democrats would replace Biden at convention, 69
  • on second Trump impeachment, 280–81
  • Trump, desire to defeat, 18, 19, 21–22, 34, 44, 48, 67
  • Trump driven further right by, 173–74
• Dempsey, Martin (General), 128
• Denver, John, 351
• Departments, U.S. See specific names, e.g. Defense, Department of
• “deplorables,” 175, 176, 207
• DeSantis, Ron, 397
• dining room next to Oval Office, White House, 72, 134, 165, 166, 169, 245
• Diplomatic Reception Room, White House, 290
• Dobbs, Lou, 146–47
• Dodd, Chris, 119
• Dole, Bob, 10
• Dominion (voting machine company), 163, 178
• Donilon, Mike (Mike D.)
  • in Biden 2020 presidential campaign, 39–40, 44, 45
  • Biden decision to run in 2020 and, 18, 36
  • on Buttigieg ad, 59
  • Charlottesville racial rally, Biden’s response to, 1–4
  • Anita Dunn and, 31
  • inauguration speech of Biden and, 296
  • personal relationship with Biden, 1
  • photo of, Plate a
  • public unawareness of, 370
  • Ricchetti compared, 14
  • Greg Schultz compared, 22
  • “soul,” concept of, in Biden campaign, 4, 39, 138–39, 293
  • on South Carolina Black Democratic voters, 52
• Doocy, Steve, 9
• Dowd, Maureen, 179
• Dr. Strangelove (film), 172
• Drakeford, Robert, 217
• dual slate/alternate slate claims, 209–11, 226, 227
• Ducey, Doug, 221
• Dunford, Joseph Jr. (General), 24, 128
• Dunn, Anita, 31–32, 58, 270, 271, 285, 368, 370, 405, Plate a
• Durbin, Dick, 355
• Durham, John, 79–80, 171
• East Room, White House, 131, 132
• Eastland, James O., 48
• Eastman, John, 203, 209–11, 225–26, 227, 238
• Ebola crisis (2014/2015), 55, 185–86
• economic spending, traditional Republican stance on, 192, 270, 285, 307, 346, 410–11
• economic stimulus plan, under Biden
  • broadband programs and rural Internet service, 348–49, 354
  • child tax credit, expansion of, 271–72, 284, 313
  • early discussion of, 185, 190
  • final passage and signing, 369–70
  • House passage of, 347, 369
  • Manchin and, 317–20, 348, 351–52, 355–67
  • McConnell on, 285–86
  • minimum wage, 314, 347, 354, 356
  • Pence on, 346
  • in pre-inauguration speech (Jan. 14, 2021), 284–85
  • public reactions to, 285, 326
  • reconciliation, 308–9, 316, 320, 322–27, 331–33, 347
  • Republicans, negotiations with, 306–17, 320–21, 331–33
  • in Senate, 347–49, 354–69
  • stimulus checks, 190, 268, 284, 285, 310, 314, 348
  • time sensitivity of, 319, 323
  • transition team planning on, 268–72
  • unemployment benefits, 284, 313–14, 319, 325, 351–52, 354–64, 366
• economic stimulus plans
  • under Obama, 59, 269, 346
  • under Trump, 190, 268, 285, 310, 311
• 82nd Airborne, 88, 91
• Einstein, Albert, 331
• Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 265
• Elections. See midterm elections; presidential election of 2020; presidential elections
• Electoral College. See also certification of election/refusal to certify
  • casting of ballots by (Dec. 14, 2020), 181–83
  • dual slate/alternate slate claims, 209–11
  • “faithless electors,” 210
  • overturning of election, Trump efforts to convince Pence on, 197, 198–201
• Electoral Count Act, 202
• Ellis, Jenna, 180
• Emhoff, Doug, 120, 297
• The Epoch Times, 273
• Epshteyn, Boris, 233
• Esper, Mark
  • on Confederate flags/monuments/military base names, 109
  • firing of, as secretary of defense, 148–49, 151, 152
  • Iran, Trump’s curiosity about strike against, 105
  • Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., clearing of, 93, 94–96, Plate d
  • photos of, Plate d
  • racial unrest after Floyd murder and, 90–103
  • resisting Trump bid to deploy active-duty troops in Washington, D.C., 99–103
• executive orders
  • Biden signing (on Jan. 20, 2021), 299
  • birthright citizenship, Trump’s desire to challenge, 78–79
• Extreme Tea Party, 273
• F-16s, 235, 236
• F-18s, 258
• F-35s, 258
• Fabrizio, Tony, 68–70, 112, 122
• Facebook, 111, 341, 394
• “faithless electors,” 210
• Farah, Alyssa, 164–65
• Fauci, Anthony, 83, 125, 188
• FBI
  • Biden inauguration security planning and, 276, 296
  • Patrick Byrne’s claims regarding, 193
  • Capitol assault and, 235, 236, 415
  • fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, investigation of, 166
  • identification of rioters in Capitol assault, 256
  • Mueller as director of, 27
  • Patel suggested as director of, 155–56
  • as “power ministry,” 151
  • racial unrest after Floyd murder and, 90, 92, 93
  • Russia investigation and, 73, 79–80, 155, 171
  • Waco siege (1993), 88
• FDR. See Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
• Federal Bureau of Investigation. See FBI
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 125, 188–89, 302, 352, 353
• federal judiciary and Mitch McConnell, 20–21, 126
• Federalist Society, 237
• felons, claims of voting by, 213–14, 258
• Fields, Richard, 373
• filibuster, 72, 309, 320, 331, 372, 374
• Flood, Emmet, 28
• Flores, Lucy, 43
• Floyd, George, 86, 87, 99, 119, 250
• Flynn, Michael, 7, 150, 193–96, 223
• Foley, Tom, 200
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 113–15, 122–23, 125, 149–50, 184
• “football,” nuclear, xx
• Forbes, 178
• Ford, Gerald, 25, 138, 417
• Ford aircraft carrier, 25–26
• Fort Lesley J. McNair, 242, 243
• Fort Sumter, bombardment of (1861), 87
• Four Seasons Total Landscaping news conference, 144–45
• 4-3-2-1 Democratic primary campaign plan, 57–58, 59
• 14th Street Bridge, Washington, D.C., 276
• 14th Amendment, 78
• Fox, 143, 343, 344
• Fox Business, 146–47
• Fox & Friends, 9
• Fox News, 7, 8, 9, 25, 73, 79, 129, 131, 132, 134, 163, 167, 175, 176, 210, 221, 225, 287, 343
• Franz Ferdinand (Archduke), assassination of (1914), 105
• fraudulent voting/stolen election claims. See also certification of election/refusal to certify
  • audits arising from, 374
  • Barr on, 165–67, 169–74, 180
  • communist election conspiracy, 163
  • court cases involving, 133, 136, 176, 178–80, 199, 200, 214, 222
  • dead, claims of voting by, 144–45, 213–14, 216–17
  • dual slate/alternate slate claims, 209–11
  • early hints of, 130, 131
  • election security groups, joint statement of (Nov. 12, 2020), 159
  • evidence, collapse of, 216–21
  • felons, claims of voting by, 213–14, 258
  • Fox News calling Arizona for Biden and, 132, 200
  • Georgia Senate run-off elections affected by, 177–78, 226, 286
  • Giuliani’s involvement in, 134–36, 144–47, 162–64, 167, 175, 176, 180, 197, 213, 216–19, 224
  • Graham on, 162–64, 204, 209, 213–14, 216–17, 221, 411
  • Justice Department investigation of, 165–66, 170
  • Lindell encouraging, 287
  • mail-in ballots, 131–32, 133, 174, 204, 222
  • Meadows and, 154, 167, 194–96, 213
  • noncitizen voting claims, 220
  • overturning of election, Trump efforts to convince Pence on, 197, 198–201
  • overvoting claims, 220
  • Pence on, 200, 224
  • Sidney Powell and, 146–47, 150, 163–64, 167, 177, 178, 180, 193–96
  • Dan Quayle on, 200
  • Republican voter support for, 134, 202–3, 227, 286–87
  • rigging of voting machines, 146–47, 163, 170–71, 178, 194, 195
  • Rove on, 177–78, 286–87
  • special counsel to investigate, proposal to appoint, 193–97
  • state legislatures not supporting, 227
  • Supreme Court and, 133, 136, 176, 178–80
  • Trump’s assertion of/belief in, xix, 133–36, 165–67, 170, 176, 204–8, 209, 226, 254, 287, 393, 411, 416
  • underage voting claims, 213–14, 258
  • vacant/nonresidential addresses, claims of voters registering at, 218, 222
  • Herschel Walker’s support for, 396
• Frazier, Joe, 144–45
• Free, “All Right Now,” 298
• Freedom of Information Act suits, 29
• Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C., 206, 228, 233
• Full Metal Jacket (film), xiv, xxv, 102, 103
• Furman, Jason, 352
• gas masks, in Capitol assault, 246
• Gates, Robert, xvii, 335, 380–81
• Georgia
  • audits of voting in, 374
  • claims of fraudulent voting in, 216–19, 222, 224, 258, 286, 411
  • Democratic win in run-off elections, 268, 271, 311, 320
  • midterms of 2022 in, 396
  • Senate run-off elections, 137, 167, 174–75, 177–78, 190, 222, 224, 226, 268, 271, 286
  • voting restrictions in, 373
• Gerasimov, Valery (Russian General), 129
• Germany, 274, 331
• Ghani, Ashraf, 339
• Giebels, Tim, 244
• Gingrich, Newt, 112, 396
• Giuliani, Rudy
  • Barr on, 167, 180
  • Bidens, investigation of, 57
  • Capitol assault and, 239, 247
  • certification of election/refusal to certify and, 233, 234
  • compensation, requests for, 162
  • Four Seasons Total Landscaping news conference, 144–45
  • fraudulent voting/stolen election claims of, 134–36, 144–47, 162–64, 167, 175, 176, 180, 197, 213, 216–19, 224
  • hair dye incident, 163
  • hospitalized with coronavirus, 175
  • Pompeo’s concerns over, 150
  • on Sidney Powell special counsel proposal, 195–96
• Glover, Robert, 240–41
• Gohmert, Louie, 267
• Goldfein, David L., 24
• Goldwater, Barry, 201
• golf
  • Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump’s golf club at, 167–68
  • Clyburn and, 167–68
  • Graham and, 204–5
  • Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Course, 19, 22
  • PGA canceling tournament at Trump club, 279
  • Quayle and, 198, 201
  • Cedric Richmond and Biden playing, 19, 22
  • Trump and, 1, 113, 143, 193, 204, 231, 279, 305, 343, 392–98, 400, 417
• Goodman, Eugene, 293–94
• Gore, Al, 199
• Gorman, Amanda, 295
• Graff, Rhona, 6
• Graham, Lindsey
  • on Afghanistan, 389–90
  • Barr and, 29
  • Biden and, 142–43, 258
  • Sherrod Brown and, 255
  • Capitol assault and, 255, 260–61
  • on congressional certification/refusal to certify, 182, 257–58
  • in congressional elections of 2020, 168
  • on fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, 162–64, 204, 209, 213–14, 216–17, 221, 411
  • McConnell and, 342, 344, 349–50
  • Pence and, 260–61, 393
  • photo of, Plate n
  • on self-pardon for Trump, 289
  • Trump and, 162, 182, 204–5, 221, 257–58, 289, 305, 342–44, 349–50, 389, 392–97, 409–14
• Great Depression, 195
• Great Recession (2008), 327
• Greene, Marjorie Taylor, 305
• Groundhog Day (film), 78, 79
• Guilfoyle, Kimberly, 175
• Gulf War (1991), 90
• gun lobby, 73
• Hagar the Horrible, 119
• Hahn, Stephen, 113–15, 122–23, 184
• hanging of Pence, rioters’ calls for, 241, 341
• Hannity, Sean, 7, 122
• Harris, Donald, 118
• Harris, Kamala
  • Beau Biden and, 50, 117–18
  • as Biden’s running mate, 116–20
  • Clyburn and, 116–17, 119, 167–68
  • coronavirus vaccine supply and, 301
  • dropping out of Democratic primary, 53, 118
  • economic stimulus plan and, 309, 360, 369
  • former Biden campaign hands working for, 35
  • at inauguration, 293–94, 297, Plate e
  • at Kavanaugh hearings, 118
  • paradigm change from Biden to Trump White House and, 370
  • photo of, Plate e
  • Cedric Richmond and, 22
  • school busing, Harris on Biden’s opposition to, 50, 118–19
  • standing in Democratic primary, 50, 51
  • as tie-breaker in Senate, 190, 309, 318
  • Trump on, 121
  • The Truths We Hold, 118
  • at Wilmington victory address (Nov. 7, 2020), 139
• Harris, Shyamala, 118
• Harrison, Jaime, 168
• Harvard Law Review, 33
• Harvey Milk (Navy ship), 108
• Haspel, Gina, xviii, 152, 156, 159–60
• Hassam, Childe, 292
• Hawley, Josh, 205–6, 255–57
• Health and Human Services, Department of, 300
• health care. See also coronavirus
  • ACA/Obamacare, 3, 42, 76–78, 187, 319
  • Ebola crisis (2014/2015), 55, 185–86
  • Medicare for All, 31
• Heaney, Seamus, 141
• Hegseth, Pete, 9
• Herschmann, Eric, 169, 194, 195
• Heyer, Heather, 2, 45
• Hicks, Hope, 95, 143–44, 152–53, 164–65
• Hill, Anita, 45, 174
• The Hill (newspaper), 168
• “The Hill We Climb” (Gorman), 295
• Hispanic Caucus, 22
• historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), 116–17, 373
• Hitler, Adolf, xix, 112, 273
• Hoeven, John, 344
• Holmes, Lee, 216–21
• Holocaust, 331
• Holt, Lester, 176
• Homeland Security, Department of, 159, 166, 273, 296, 300
• Hoover, Herbert, 112, 270
• House
  • Biden’s stimulus bill, passage of, 347, 369
  • Capitol assault on House chamber, 246
  • contested elections, deciding of, 198–200, 211–12, 228
  • Pence on time in, 346
  • Republican gains in, in 2020 elections, 134, 144, 191–92
  • second Trump impeachment and, 280–81
  • the Squad, 322, 354
  • voter rights in, 372
• Howerton, Jonathan (Brigadier General), 292
• Hyde-Smith, Cindy, 256
• Idaho, unavailability of seafood in, 262
• Ignatius, David, 155
• immigration
  • Biden on, 410
  • birthright citizenship and, 78–79
  • border wall, 8, 9, 207, 299
  • Graham on importance of, 410–11
  • Muslim travel ban, 86, 299
• impeachment
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene filing impeachment articles against Biden, 305
  • Trump’s first impeachment, 56–57, 311, 345
  • Trump’s second impeachment, 280–81, 282, 304–5, 341–42
• inaugural addresses
  • of Joe Biden, xi, 296–97, 307
  • Trump’s “American Carnage” address, 16, 86
• inauguration of Biden (Jan. 20, 2021), 290–98
  • attendees at, 293–95
  • Bibles at, 294, 296
  • departures of Trump and Pence, 290, 297–98
  • Gorman poem at, 295
  • Harris at, 293–94
  • inaugural address, xi, 296–97, 307
  • photo of, Plate e
  • post-Capitol assault concerns about/preparation for, 252, 263, 273–77, 291, 294, 296, 299
  • transition teams and, 291–92, 293, 296
  • Trump inauguration video (Jan. 8, 2021), 264
  • Trump not attending, 288
• inauguration of Trump (Jan. 20, 2017), 290–91
• inflation concerns, 352, 411
• infrastructure bill, 405
• Instagram, 118, 175
• insurrection
  • at Capitol (Jan. 6, 2021) See Capitol assault
  • racial unrest after Floyd murder viewed as, 87–90
• Insurrection Act, xxi, 89, 90, 100–102, 287
• Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites, xvii
• International Atomic Energy Agency, 159
• International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th edition (ICD-10), 6
• Internet service in rural areas, 348–49
• Iowa, Democratic primary campaign in, 55, 58
• Iran
  • Capital assault, foreign concerns about, xv, xvii
  • in Democratic primary campaign, 58–59
  • hostage crisis in, 398
  • potential nuclear incident after Capital assault, fears regarding, xxi
  • as terrorist threat, 385
  • Trump’s questions about potential strike at, 103–5, 109, 159–61
• Iraq, 13, 19, 44, 250, 336, 371, 388
• IRS, 313
• ISIS, 338
• Israel, 275
• Iwo Jima, 161
• Jack, Brian, 134
• Jackson, Andrew, 292
• Jacob, Greg, 205, 214, 225, 226, 237, 238, 260
• Jan. 6, 2021. See Capitol assault
• Jansen, Kathrin, 149
• Jefferson, Thomas, 44
• Jeffries, Hakeem, 280
• Jews and Judaism
  • anti-Semitism, 2, 4, 262, 263, 273, 275
  • Holocaust, Sanders’ family losses in, 331
• JFK. See Kennedy, John F.
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 88
• Johnson & Johnson, 114, 123
• Joint Base Andrews (Andrews Air Force Base), 97, 225, 290, 297, 407
• Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, xviii, 275
• Joint Chiefs
  • on Afghanistan, 386–87
  • Capitol assault, response to, xviii
  • election/post-election period, Milley’s game plan for, 109–10, 130
  • Milley appointed as chairman of, 24–26
  • president’s access to nuclear triggers, ability to control, xx–xxviii
  • role of chairman of, xvi–xvii, xxviii
• Judicial Watch, 73
• Justice Department
  • criminal justice decisions and politics, Barr on importance of separating, 27, 165–66
  • fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, investigation of, 165–66, 170
  • Obamacare challenge brought by, 76–78
  • Office of Legal Counsel, 79
  • Sidney Powell special counsel proposal and, 194
  • Russia investigation and, 79–80, 171–73
  • Trump pardons and, 292
• Kaine, Tim, 362
• Kaufman, Ted, 270
• Kavanaugh, Brett, 20–21, 118
• Kavanaugh, Pete, 23
• Kellogg, Keith (General), 88, 157–58, 223–24, 239, 245–46, 248–49, 253, 278
• Kelly, John, 8, 126
• Kelly, Mike, 178
• Kemp, Brian, 164, 373
• Kemp, Jack, 71–72
• Kennedy, Anthony M., 20
• Kennedy, John (Senator), 206, 256, 356
• Kennedy, John F. (JFK), 1, 4, 34, 179, 296
• Kennedy, Robert F. (Bobby), 1, 292, 413
• Kerry, John, 371
• Kessler, David, 81–82
• Keystone XL pipeline, 299
• Kilpatrick, Kwame, 289
• Kim Jong-un, 223
• King, Angus, 24, 357
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 88, 277, 292, 413
• Kissinger, Henry, xxv
• Klain, Ron
  • on Afghanistan, 335, 388
  • Biden’s decision to run in 2020 presidential election and, 32–35
  • on Biden’s discomfort in White House, 408
  • on coronavirus, 55–56, 185–87, 408
  • in Ebola crisis, 55
  • economic stimulus plan and, 187, 190, 268–72, 285, 307, 309–11, 313, 315–17, 320–22, 324–26, 332, 347–48, 351, 355, 356, 358, 359, 365
  • at first presidential debate, 124
  • gaffes, controlling Biden’s proneness to, 405
  • on Georgia run-off election results, 268
  • inauguration-day transition, 291–92, 296, 299
  • Manchin and, 351
  • photos of, Plate a, Plate l
  • reconciliation process and, 316, 322, 324–26
  • Sanders and, 356
  • Twitter following of, 370
• Klobuchar, Amy, 59, 63–64, 358
• Korean War, 195
• Krebs, Chris, 159
• Ku Klux Klan, 4
• Kushner, Jared, 70, 72, 94–95, 143–44, 149, 167, 177, 246, 249, 275, 278, 281–82, Plate d
• Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., clearing of, 91, 93–96, 235, 250, Plate d
• Lankford, James, 243
• Lee, Mike, 201–3, 206, 209–12, 222, 226, 227, 257
• Lee, Rex, 201
• Lee, Robert E. (Confederate General), statue of, 2
• Lee, Sharon, 222
• Lengyel, Joe (General), 93
• Lenin, Vladimir, 416
• Levi, Will, 169
• Lewandowski, Corey, 345
• Lewis, John, 40
• Li Zuocheng (Chinese General), xiii–xiv, xvi, xvii, xviii, 129–30, 273
• Lil Wayne, 289
• Lincoln, Abraham, 87
• Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 97, 130
• Lindell, Mike (the My Pillow guy), 150, 287
• Loeffler, Kelly, 174, 177, 222, 255–57
• The Long Game (McConnell memoir), 285
• Luna, Nick, 239
• Luttig, J. Michael, 238
• Lynch, Michael (Mike), 259, 362–63, 365, 366
• M4 carbines, 276
• MacDonough, Elizabeth, 214–15, 347
• Macgregor, Douglas (Colonel), 158
• Mad Men (TV show), 90
• MAGA, 207, 261
• mail-in ballots, 131–32, 133, 174, 204, 222, 373
• Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard Reserve Center, 289
• Manchin, Joe, 313, 317–20, 326, 348, 351–52, 355–67, 370–74, Plate i
• Manlove, Elaine, 139–41, 442
• Manlove, Joseph, 140, 141, 442
• Manlove, Matthew (Matt), 140–41, 442
• Manlove, Michael, 140, 141, 442
• Manlove, Wayne, 139–40, 442
• Manning, Tim, 189
• Mao Zedong, xv
• Map Room, White House, 131, 132
• Mar-a-Lago, Florida, 206, 208, 303, 345, 392, 412
• Marine One, 46, 125, 193, 208, 226, 290, 407
• Marks, Peter, 123, 184
• Marshall, Roger, 256
• Marshall, Thurgood, 294
• martial law, xxi, 195, 287
• Martin Luther King monument, Washington, D.C., 277
• masks/masking, 125, 175, 263, 293, 299, 302, 309, 408
• Matthews, Sarah, 249–50
• Mattis, Jim “Mad Dog,” 9, 24, 25, 126
• Mayfield, Curtis, 63
• McCain, Cindy, 221
• McCain, John, 35, 221, 390
• McCarthy, Kevin, 181, 191–92, 248, 287–88, 303–4, 345, 410
• McCarthy, Ryan, 154
• McChrystal, Stanley, 380–81, 387
• McConnell, Mitch
  • Biden and, 125–26, 137–38, 182–83, 285–86, 308, 324–25
  • in Capitol assault, 243, 244, 252, 255
  • on Capitol assault, 342, 343, 350, 393
  • Elaine Chao, resignation of, 260
  • Collins and, 323–24
  • on congressional certification/refusal to certify, 201–2, 214, 255
  • in congressional elections of 2020, 183
  • economic stimulus plan and, 285–86, 308, 317, 318, 323–27, 351, 370–71
  • on election results, 137–38
  • Electoral College vote and, 182–83
  • federal judiciary and, 20–21, 126
  • Georgia run-off elections, concern with, 137, 167, 177
  • Graham and, 342, 344, 349–50
  • grip on Senate GOP, 318
  • immigration and, 410
  • infrastructure bill and, 405
  • The Long Game (memoir), 285
  • on mule piss, 21
  • photo of, Plate b
  • Portman and, 317, 351
  • reconciliation and, 323–27
  • Paul Ryan and, 10
  • on second Trump impeachment, 281, 341–42
  • Trump and, 10, 20–21, 126–27, 137–38, 182–83, 190, 341–45, 349–50, 393
  • voter rights bill and, 375
• McConnell Center, University of Louisville, 183
• McEnany, Kayleigh, 230–32
• McEntee, John, 158, 164–65
• McGahn, Don, 20
• McKenzie, Frank (General), 100–101, 103–4
• McKiernan, David, 381
• McLaughlin, John, 122, 397–98
• McNair (Army Post), 242, 243
• Me Too movement, 43
• Meacham, Jon, 39–40, 138–39, 296
• Meadows, Mark
  • Barr and, 169, 173
  • Capitol assault and, 243, 246, 249, 253, 254, 281
  • Confederate flags/monuments/military base names and, 108, 109
  • congressional certification/refusal to certify election and, 202, 210, 212, 240
  • Constitution, on oath to, 97, 98, 154
  • coronavirus/coronavirus vaccine and, 113–14, 122–23, 125, 184
  • Esper and, 100, 101, 105, 148
  • Alyssa Farah and, 165
  • fraudulent voting/stolen election claims and, 154, 167, 194–96, 213
  • Klain, inauguration-day transition meeting with, 291–92
  • Lafayette Park, at clearing of, 95, Plate d
  • McConnell and, 182
  • Milley’s suspicion of, 154
  • Patel put forward as FBI or CIA director by, 155–56
  • Pence/Trump meeting arranged by, 225
  • personal qualities of, 212–13
• medical issues. See health care
• Medicare for All, 31
• Merkel, Angela, 274
• Metropolitan Police, Washington, D.C., 233, 238, 241, 251
• Mexico, 7, 207
• Michigan, Democratic primary in, 66
• midterm elections
  • 1994, 396
  • 2018, 17–19, 21–22, 31–32
  • 2022, 31, 286, 304, 344, 345, 350, 375, 391, 393, 396, 400, 410–11
• military establishment. See also Afghanistan; Joint Chiefs; National Guard
  • back-channel arrangements with Russia and China, 128–30
  • Biden inauguration, preparation for, 273–77
  • Defense, Department of, xxiii, 243, 264
  • deployment of active-duty troops in Washington, D.C. after Lafayette Square, blocking of, 99–103
  • Esper, firing of, as secretary of defense, 148–49, 151, 152
  • Iran, Trump’s questions about potential strike at, 103–5, 109, 159–61
  • Milley’s game plan for election/post-election period, 109–10, 130
  • Naval exercises in South China Sea, xvi–xvii, 128
  • Pentagon, xviii, xxvi, 100, 108, 187, 234–35, 250, 253, 261, 264, 274, 337, 339, 352, 391
  • politicization, efforts to avoid, 96, 106–7
  • Truman’s desegregation of, 168
  • Trump’s post-election claims regarding, 151
  • Trump’s relationship with, 24–26, 99–105
• Military Times, 148
• Milk, Harvey, 108
• Miller, Christopher (Chris), xx, xxiii, 148–49, 154–58, 160, 236, 253
• Miller, Jason, 122, 144, 234
• Miller, Stephen (Steve), 86–88, 210
• Miller, Virgil, 21
• Milley, Hollyanne, 95, 155
• Milley, Mark (General)
  • on Afghanistan, 339, 377–78, 386–87
  • apology for Lafayette Square, 106–7
  • appointment as chairman of Joint Chiefs, 24–26
  • on Barr’s potential resignation, 174
  • on Biden, 386–87
  • Capitol assault and, xviii–xxviii, 243, 250–51, 273–74, 415–16
  • China’s fears about imminent U.S. attack (Oct. 30, 2020), xiii–xiv, 128–30
  • on Confederate flags/monuments/military base names, 107–9
  • deployment of active-duty troops in Washington, D.C. after Lafayette Square and, 99–103
  • foreign concerns about Capitol assault and, xiii–xviii
  • game plan for election/post-election period, 109–10, 130
  • inauguration day preparation by, 273–77, 294
  • at inauguration of Biden, 294–95
  • Iran, Trump’s questions about potential strike at, 103–5, 109, 159–61
  • Jan. 6 rally, preparation for, 236, 238
  • Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., clearing of, 94–96, 250, Plate d
  • Message to the Joint Force, after Lafayette Square, 97, 98
  • Naval exercises around Taiwan, cancellation of, xvi–xvii
  • NMCC order issued by, xxv–xxviii
  • nuclear weapons, concerns command and control of, xix–xxviii
  • Pelosi, discussion about Capitol assault and Trump access to nuclear controls with, xix–xxiv, 273
  • Pelosi’s public announcement on conversation with, xxviii
  • photos of, Plate d, Plate g
  • racial unrest after Floyd murder and, 87–97, 100–103
  • Adam Smith and, 261
  • Trump memo ordering withdrawal from Somalia and Afghanistan (Nov. 11, 2020), 156–58, 160
  • Trump’s post-election behavior, discussions of, 150–52, 154
  • Veterans Day speech (Nov. 11, 2020), 154–55
• minimum wage, 314, 347, 354, 356
• Moderna, 114, 123, 185
• Morgan, Matt, 135, 136, 180
• Morning Joe (TV show), 417
• Morris, Dick, 112, 121–22
• mRNA-based coronavirus vaccines, 83
• MSNBC, 285, 417
• Mueller, Ann, 71
• Mueller, Robert (Bob), Mueller investigation, and Mueller report, 26–30, 71, 173
• Mullen, Michael, 380, 381, 387
• Murkowski, Lisa, 307, 310, 332–33, 395–96
• Murray, Bill, 78
• Murray, Patty, 272
• Murthy, Vivek, 81–84
• Muslim travel ban, 86, 299
• Mussolini, Benito, 48
• My Cousin Vinney (film), 163
• My Pillow guy (Mike Lindell), 150, 287
• Myer-Henderson Hall (Joint Base), Virginia, xviii, 275
• Nakasone, Paul, xviii
• narcissistic personality disorder/psychopathy, 6, 264
• National Association of State Election Directors, 159
• National Defense Strategy, 24
• National Emergencies Act, 194–95
• National Guard
  • at Biden inauguration, 275–76, 291
  • Capitol assault and, 243, 244, 250–51, 253–54, 256
  • at coronavirus vaccination sites, 352
  • Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard Reserve Center, Joe Biden speaking at, 289
  • racial unrest after Floyd murders and, 90, 93, 97, 100, 235
  • scheduled attendance at Jan. 6 rally, 235, 238
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 83
• National Institutes of Health (NIH), 56, 114, 123
• National Journal, 34
• National Mall, 277
• National Military Command Center (NMCC), xxv–xxviii
• National Security Agency (NSA), xviii, 296
• National Security Council (NSC), 100, 155, 158, 336, 380
• National Security Memoranda (NSMs), 157
• National Voter Registration Act, 220
• NATO, xvii, 376
• Naval exercises in South China Sea, xvi–xvii, 128
• Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., 15, 232, 265
• Navalny, Alexey, 402, 404
• Navarro, Peter, 146
• Nazis, xix, 273. See also neo-Nazis
• NBC, 183, 398
• Neguse, Andrea, 246
• Neguse, Joe, 246
• neo-Nazis, 2, 4, 8, 262, 273, 277
• Nevada
  • claims of fraudulent voting in, 219
  • Democratic primary campaign in, 58, 61
• New Deal, 168
• New England Journal of Medicine, 6
• New England Patriots, 279
• New Hampshire, Democratic primary campaign in, 58, 59, 61, 408
• New York magazine, 43
• New York Post, 16
• New York Times, xxvi, 18, 137, 149, 179, 191, 405
• New Yorker, 403
• Newsmax, 195, 273
• 9/11. See September 11, 2001
• Nixon, Richard, xxii, xxiv–xxv, xxv–xxvi, xxviii, 138, 201, 417
• NOBLE EAGLE exercise, 236
• noncitizen voting claims, 220
• North American Aerospace Defense Command, 236
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 7
• nuclear capabilities
  • ABLE ARCHER, xvii
  • Biden team briefings on, 294
  • concerns of Milley and Pelosi about command and control of, xix–xxviii
  • “football,” xx, 297
  • Iran and, xxi, 159
  • NMCC order issued by Milley, xxv–xxviii
  • of Pakistan, 379
  • post-Capitol assault access of Trump to, concerns about, xix–xxviii, 264, 297
  • of Russia, 403
• Nunes, Devin, 155
• Oath Keepers, 273
• Obama, Barack
  • Afghanistan and, 334–36, 338–39, 380–82, 385, 387
  • automobile industry, rescue of, 190
  • Biden and Republicans under, 308, 325
  • Biden staff serving under, 22, 31, 55, 186–87, 334, 348
  • Ebola crisis (2014/2015) under, 55, 185–86
  • economic stimulus plan under, 59, 269, 346
  • Furman and, 352
  • Graham and, 142
  • McConnell and, 285, 286
  • Murthy as surgeon general under, 81
  • nuclear deal with Iran, 159
  • Oval Office under, 292, 330
  • presidential election of 2016 and, 12, 14, 32
  • presidential election of 2020 and, 45–46
  • in presidential elections of 2008 and 2012, 213, 269, 296
  • A Promised Land (memoir), 338–39
  • on Russia, 401
  • in Senate, 382
  • Slotkin and, 250
  • at Trump inauguration (Jan. 20, 2017), 290–91
  • Trump on Russia investigation and, 79, 80
• Obamacare (Affordable Care Act or ACA), 3, 42, 76–78, 187, 319, 368
• O’Brien, Lo-Mari, 290
• O’Brien, Robert, 56, 94–95, 102, 104–5, 157–58, 246, 290, 293
• Obst, Marty, 150, 225, 232–33, 267, 281–82
• Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria (AOC), 32, 322, 354
• O’Donnell, Christine, 350
• Office of Management and Budget, 356
• O’Melveny & Myers (law firm), 237
• omnibus spending bill (2018), Trump’s threat to veto, 8–9
• One America News (OAN), 169
• 101st Airborne (“Screaming Eagles”), 90
• O’Neill, Tip, 403
• “Operation Warp Speed,” 114, 181
• Ornato, Anthony, 254
• O’Rourke, Amy, 64
• O’Rourke, Beto, 53, 63–65
• Ossoff, Jon, 190, 268
• Oswald, Lee Harvey, 179
• Oval Office, White House
  • under Biden, 292–93, 299, 309, 319, 328, 330
  • under Obama and Clinton, 292, 330
  • under Trump, 69, 70, 72, 86, 87, 89, 101, 102, 103, 112, 136, 175, 229–31, 239, 253–54, 274, 279, 287
• overvoting claims, 220
• Owens, Valerie Biden, 67
• Pakistan, 379, 381, 389
• Paletta, Damian, 125
• pandemic. See coronavirus
• Panetta, Leon, 382
• pardons, presidential, 288–89, 292, 417
• Paris climate pact, 299
• Park Police, 277
• Parks, Rosa, 292
• Parnas, Lev, 180
• Parscale, Brad, 68–70, 111–12, 122, 144, 414
• Patel, Kash, 155–58, 253–54
• Patriot Movement, 273
• pedophilia accusations, 36, 262
• Pelosi, Nancy
  • on Biden presidential campaign, 53, 321
  • Capitol assault and, xxi–xxiv, 241–42, 263
  • congressional elections of 2018 and, 21
  • economic stimulus plan and, 271, 321, 328, 347, 354–55, 360, 363
  • infrastructure bill and, 405
  • Milley conversation about Capitol assault and Trump’s access to nuclear controls, xix–xxiv, 273
  • public announcement on Milley conversation, xxviii
  • reduction of House majority in 2020 under, 191
  • ripping up Trump’s State of the Union Address, Plate h
  • on second impeachment of Trump, 280
  • Trump’s intentions and mental stability, beliefs about, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv
  • 25th Amendment, desire to invoke, xxiv, 259–60
  • voter rights act proposed by, 372
• Pence, Charlotte, 244
• Pence, Karen, 223, 232, 244, 260, 265–67, 297–98
• Pence, Mike
  • after leaving vice presidency, 345–46
  • Bannon on, 207
  • Capitol assault and, 241, 243, 244, 245, 249, 251, 253, 256, 266, 278–82, 341
  • character of, 223
  • on Confederate flags/monuments/military base names, 108
  • conservative values of, 199–200, 201
  • coronavirus task force headed by, 150, 228
  • departure from Washington, 297–98
  • on economic stimulus plan under Biden, 346
  • election certification/refusal to certify and, 197, 198–201, 205–7, 211, 212, 214–15, 224–27, 228–30, 232–34, 237–40, 256, 258
  • Alyssa Farah and, 165
  • on fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, 200, 224
  • Gohmert lawsuit, 267
  • Graham on, 260–61, 393
  • hanging of, rioters’ call for, 241, 341
  • Harris and, 120
  • at inauguration of Biden, 293, 295
  • on Iran, 160
  • Kellogg and, 157, 223–24, 239, 278, 279
  • Matt Morgan and, 135
  • omnibus spending bill (2018), Trump’s threat to veto, 9
  • photos of, Plate e, Plate h
  • as potential 2024 presidential candidate, 215, 345, 397
  • Dan Quayle and, 198–201, 279
  • refusal to publicly accept Biden win, 150
  • Paul Ryan and, 5
  • Senate parliamentarian, meeting with, 214–15
  • Marc Short and, 9, 223, 266–67
  • at staff farewell party, 265–67
  • Trump, post-election relationship with, 225–30, 233–34, 237–40, 245, 249, 259–60, 278–82, 344, 346, 393
  • at Trump’s dressing down of Esper and Milley, 101
  • 25th Amendment, unwillingness to invoke, 259–60, 280
• Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, University of Pennsylvania, 15
• Pennsylvania
  • claims of fraudulent voting in, 220–21
  • objections to certification of votes from, 255, 257, 258
• Pentagon, xviii, xxvi, 100, 108, 187, 234–35, 250, 253, 261, 264, 274, 337, 339, 352, 391
• Perdue, David, 174, 177, 222
• Perez, Tom, 168
• Perry, William J., xxv
• pet chip scanners, regulation of, 59
• Petraeus, David, 380, 381, 387, 390–91
• Pfizer, 114, 123–24, 149–50, 184
• Philbin, Pat, 169
• Pirro, Al, 292
• Pirro, Jeanine, 292
• Pitcock, Josh, 281
• Plaskett, Stacey, 341
• Player, Gary, 392–95
• Podesta, John, 33
• “Poignant Vision” (Afghanistan war game), 381
• Pompeo, Mike, 150–52, 154, 160, 161, 173
• Portman, Rob, 310, 312–13, 316–17, 320, 328, 351–52, 357, 359–60, 364–68, 371
• Pottinger, Matthew, 56, 253
• Powell, Colin, xvii, 106
• Powell, Sidney, 146–47, 150, 163–64, 167, 177, 178, 180, 193–96
• pre-inauguration speech by Biden (Jan. 14, 2021), 271, 284–87
• presidential election of 2020. See also Biden, Joe, in 2020 Democratic primary; Biden, Joe, in 2020 presidential campaign; Capitol assault; certification of election/refusal to certify; fraudulent voting/stolen election claims; Trump, Donald, in 2020 presidential campaign
  • election night/results and declaration of winner, 131–34, 137
  • exhaustion of voters in, 112, 126
  • Georgia Senate run-off elections, 137, 167, 174–75, 177–78, 190, 222, 224, 226, 268, 271, 286, 311, 320
  • Milley’s game plan for election/post-election period, 109–10, 130
  • Russian interference in, 402
• presidential elections
  • 1988 and 2008, Biden’s runs in, 11–12, 33, 34, 35
  • 2004, Kerry in, 371
  • 2008 and 2012, Obama’s runs in, 213, 269, 296
  • 2016, 12–16, 23, 31–33, 51, 57, 66, 81, 112, 133, 171, 175, 398
  • 2024, potential candidates in, 215, 267, 345, 396–97, 414, 416–17
• Presidential Medal of Freedom, 278, 279, 392
• Principals Meetings, 158, 238
• Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA), 279
• progressives
  • Biden and, 42, 44, 173, 285, 405
  • defined, 31
  • in Democratic primary, 18, 35, 42, 44, 51, 63, 66, 68
  • economic stimulus bill and, 270, 272, 285, 322, 326, 348, 354, 363, 368
  • Manchin and, 371
  • in midterms of 2018, 31–32
  • Schumer and, 322
  • the Squad, 322, 354
• Promise Me, Dad (Joe Biden memoir), 16, 17, 18
• A Promised Land (Obama memoir), 338–39
• Promises to Keep (Joe Biden autobiography), 11
• Proud Boys, 233, 273, 276
• Psaki, Jen, 299
• Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, 352
• Punxsutawney Phil (Pennsylvania groundhog), 81
• Putin, Vladimir, 263, 303, 380, 401–4, 406, Plate p
• QAnon, 262, 273
• Quayle, Dan, 198–201, 212, 267, 279
• quick reaction force (QRF), 235
• Quillian, Natalie, 187, 189
• race/racism
  • assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 88
  • Biden in Democratic primary and, 40–42, 48–49, 52, 60–63
  • Black appointees under Biden, 168
  • Black Democrats, Biden campaigning for (2018), 17–19
  • Black Lives Matter, 2, 87, 91
  • Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in (2017), 1–4, 5, 7–8, 39, 45, 120, Plate a
  • Bill Clinton and Sister Souljah, 312
  • Confederate flags/monuments/military base names, 107–9
  • Congressional Black Caucus, 17, 22, 60
  • coronavirus and health inequities, 83–84
  • George Floyd murder and subsequent racial unrest, 86–105
  • Georgia elections, Black turnout in, 286
  • Harris chosen as Biden’s running mate, 116–20
  • Harris on Biden’s opposition to school busing, 50, 118–19
  • HBCUs, 116–17, 373
  • Andrew Jackson portrait removed from Biden Oval Office, 292
  • Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., clearing of, 91, 93–96, Plate d
  • military, Truman’s desegregation of, 168
  • New Deal programs and, 168
  • Sanders’ difficulty connecting with Black voters, 63
  • segregationist senators, Biden on working with, 48–50
  • Supreme Court, Clyburn pushing for African-American woman on, 61–62
  • systemic racism, 89, 119
  • tough-on-crime bill (1994) and, 44
  • voter suppression/voter rights, 164, 372–75
  • Washington, D.C. riots of 1968, 88
• Radical Islam, Graham on, 389–90
• Rage (Woodward), 53–54
• Rapuano, Ken, 235
• Reagan, Ronald, 128, 201, 350, 390, 397, 398
• reconciliation
  • economic stimulus act and, 308–9, 316, 320, 322–27, 331–33, 347
  • voter rights/constitutional issues and, 372
• Reed, Don (brother of Elizabeth Warren), 67
• Regeneron, 125
• Rehnquist, William H., 178
• “Reichstag moment,” xix, xxvii
• Reid, Harry, 66, 319, 357, 366
• Republican Study Committee, 345–46, 410
• Republicans
  • “brotherhood” of officials under Trump, 126
  • Capitol assault, responses to, xxiii–xxiv
  • certification of election/refusal to certify, congressional members on, 231–32
  • Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally and, 5
  • congressional gains in 2020 elections, 134, 144, 191–92
  • “Contract with America,” 396
  • economic stimulus plan negotiations, 270, 285, 306–17, 320–21, 331–33
  • fiscal hawk tactics and, 192, 270, 285, 307, 346, 410–11
  • fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, voter support for, 134, 202–3, 227, 286–87
  • infrastructure bill and, 405
  • McConnell’s grip on Senate GOP, 318
  • Obamacare individual mandate, nullification of, 76
  • resignation of Trump, calls for, 260
  • response to Nixon versus Trump, xxii
  • Rove on, 286–87
  • rumor that Democrats would replace Biden at convention, 69
  • Paul Ryan’s decision not to seek re-election and, 10
  • second Trump impeachment and, 280–81, 282, 341
  • sexualization of Biden actions by, 36, 43
  • Trump’s continuing importance to, 343–45, 349–50, 392–400, 409–14, 417
  • Trump’s National Convention speech, 131
  • Trump’s poll numbers among, 397–98
  • working people, repositioning itself as party of, 192, 330, 366, 399
• Republicans in name only (RINOs), 231
• rescue bills. See specific entries at economic stimulus
• Resolute Desk, Oval Office, White House, 56, 87, 90, 101–3, 230, 274, 282, 299, 391
• Ricchetti, Steve, 13–16, 18, 31, 271, 309, 312–13, 316, 349, 358, 370, 405
• Richmond, Cedric, 17–19, 21–22, 23, 48, 63
• Roberts, John, 206
• ROC drill, 275
• Rockefeller, Nelson, 267
• Romney, Mitt, 5, 257, 310–12, 341
• Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR), 131, 168, 195, 292, 324, 329
• Roosevelt Room, White House, 76, 131, 136, 369
• Rose, Tom, 230
• Rose Garden, White House, 14, 94, 370
• Rosen, Jeffrey, 235
• Rounds, Mike, 309
• Rove, Karl, 177–78, 286–87
• rural broadband programs and Internet service, 348–49, 354
• Russia
  • Afghanistan and, 377
  • Biden’s contacts with Putin, 401–4, 406
  • Patrick Byrne’s involvement with Russian agent, 193
  • Capital assault, concerns about, xvii
  • cyberattacks orchestrated from, 402, 406
  • government handling of investigation of, 73, 79–80, 155, 171–73, 237
  • interference in 2020 election, 402
  • Podesta emails hacked by, 33
  • as Soviet Union, xv, xvii, 128, 416
• Russian Revolution, Capitol assault compared to, 415–16
• Russian Roulette, Herschel Walker playing, 396
• Ryan, Janna, 247
• Ryan, Paul, 5–10, 246–48, 410, Plate b
• Ryan, Tim, 53
• Saban, Nick, 318
• St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., 89, 91, 94–95
• Sanders, Bernie
  • Biden presidency, relief at, 328, 330–31
  • in Democratic primary campaign, 31, 32, 51–53, 58, 59, 61–63, 116
  • on economic stimulus plan, 348, 356, 368
  • endorsement of Biden by, 66, 67, 121
  • Harris compared, 118
  • Holocaust and, 331
  • Neeren and, 356–57
  • personal background, 330–31
  • photo of, Plate i
  • secretary of labor, consideration for, 356
  • as Senate Budget Committee chair, 330
• Saturday Night Live (TV show), 356
• Scavino, Dan, 231
• Schatz, Brian, 328
• Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 40
• Schlesinger, James, xxiv–xxv, xxv–xxvi, xxviii, 294
• school busing, Harris on Biden’s opposition to, 50, 118–19
• Schultz, Greg, 22–23, 58
• Schumer, Chuck, 190, 259, 271, 322–24, 328, 331, 354–55, 357, 360, 363–69, 371, 405
• Scott, Tim, 256
• SECRET report, 87
• Secret Service, 67, 89, 96, 121, 140, 141, 164, 165, 244–45, 254, 275, 293, 297, 345
• self-pardon proposal for Trump, 289
• Senate
  • Biden’s economic stimulus plan in, 347–49, 354–69
  • certification, senatorial objection to, 202, 205–6
  • Georgia run-off elections, 137, 167, 174–75, 177–78, 190, 222, 224, 226, 268, 271, 286, 311, 320
  • Harris as tie-breaker in, 190, 309, 318
  • McConnell’s grip on Senate GOP, 318
  • Obama in, 382
  • second Trump impeachment and, 281, 282, 304–5, 341–42
  • voter rights in, 372
• Senate Budget Committee, 330
• Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 366
• Senate Finance Committee, 366
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 380
• Senate Judiciary Committee, 27, 33, 118
• Senate parliamentarian, 200, 214–15, 347
• September 11, 2001, 103, 134, 235–36, 334, 337, 385, 388, 390, 415
• Sessions, Jeff, 26, 28
• sexual misconduct
  • Biden, accusations regarding, 36, 43
  • Patrick Byrne’s involvement with Russian agent, 193
  • Kavanaugh, accusations regarding, 20–21
  • pedophilia accusations, 36, 262
  • Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill’s allegations against, 45, 174
  • Trump’s relationships with/comments about women, 5
• Shakir, Faiz, 51–52, 66
• Shelton, Regina, 294
• Sherwood-Randall, Elizabeth, 299
• Short, Marc
  • in Capitol assault, 249
  • on congressional certification/refusal to certify, 205, 214–15, 224–25, 230, 232, 234, 237, 238, 258
  • omnibus budget bill and, 9
  • Pence, relationship with, 9, 223, 266–67
  • Pence schedule in post-election period and, 150
  • on rapprochement with Trump, 281
  • seeking insulation of Pence from post-assault attempts to remove Trump, 259
• Sidwell Friends School, 12
• Sinema, Kyrsten, 362, 370
• Sister Souljah, 312
• Situation Room, White House, 91–92, 103, 105, 296, 299, 384
• 6MWF, 262, 273
• SKDK, 31
• Slotkin, Elissa, 250–51
• Smith, Adam, 261–64
• Smith, Cameron, 64
• Smith, Will (father of), 145
• Soderstrom, Sharon, 214, 243, 325
• Somalia
  • as terrorist threat, xv, 385
  • Trump memo to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and (Nov. 11, 2020), 156–58, 160
• Sorensen, Theodore, 1
• soul
  • in Biden campaign, 4, 39, 44, 47, 120, 138–39, 293
  • Putin’s possession of, 403
• The Soul of America (Meacham), 39
• South Carolina, Democratic primary in, 48, 52, 58–63
• South China Sea, xvi–xvii, 128
• South Korea, 262
• Soviet Union, xv, xvii, 128, 416
• Spanberger, Abigail, 32
• Spanish flu pandemic (1918), 56
• special counsel to investigate fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, proposal for, 193–97
• the Squad, 322, 354
• Stabenow, Debbie, 328, 329–30, 361–62
• Starbursts (Trump’s favorite candy), 288
• State Department, 55, 127, 152, 377
• states. See also specific states
  • governors and racial unrest after Floyd murder, 91–92, 93
  • legislatures not supporting fraudulent voting/election decertification, 227
  • voting restriction bills in, 373, 374
• Statuary Hall, Capitol building, 246, 247
• Stepien, Bill, 122, 144
• stolen election claims. See fraudulent voting/stolen election claims
• Sullivan, Dan, 367
• Sullivan, Jake, 57, 59, 84, 293, 296, 299, 334–35, 338–40, 377, 380, 386, 391, 401, 402, Plate l
• Summaries of Conclusions (SOCs), 386
• Summers, Larry, 352
• Super Bowl, 56
• Super Tuesday, 58, 63, 66
• Supreme Court
  • Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council, 220
  • Clyburn pushing for African-American woman on, 61–62
  • fraudulent voting/stolen election claims and, 133, 136, 176, 178–80
  • Kavanaugh hearings/appointment, 20–21, 118
  • on Obamacare challenges, 76–78
  • Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill’s allegations against, 45, 174
  • Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 195
• Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 161
• Swan, Jonathan, 158
• Syria, xv
• systemic racism, 89, 119
• Taiwan, xvi
• Taliban, 337–39, 376–79, 381, 384–85, 389, 390
• Talmadge, Herman, 49
• Tanden, Neera, 356–57
• the Tank, Pentagon, 109–10, 130, 274, 386
• taxes
  • child tax credit, expansion of, 271–72, 284, 313
  • tax reform, under Trump, 10, 126
  • unemployment benefits, tax credit for, 355, 357, 361, 365
  • wealth tax, progressive support for, 31
• Taylor, Maxwell, xvii
• Tea Party, 192, 273, 350
• Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP or Pakistani Taliban), 379
• 10-20-30 plan, 60–61
• Terrell, Louisa, 271, 363
• Tester, Jon, 328, 330
• Texas
  • election fraud cases brought by, 179–80, 181–82
  • Obamacare challenge brought by, 76–78
• Thomas, Clarence, 45, 173–74, 211, 237
• Thurmond, Gertrude, 373
• Thurmond, Strom, 183, 373
• Tillerson, Rex, 126–27
• 2 Timothy 4:7, 258
• Together (Murthy), 84
• “torture memos,” 237
• tough-on-crime bill (1994), 44
• Treasury Department, 403
• Treaty Room, White House, 368, 388
• Truman, Harry S, 168, 195
• Trump, Donald. See also White House staff, under Trump
  • Afghanistan, plans for withdrawing U.S. troops from, 100, 103, 148, 156–58, 160, 335, 389, 390
  • “American Carnage” inaugural address, 16, 86
  • authority as president, anger over perceived attempts to subvert, 101–2
  • autocratic tendencies, concerns about, xiv–xv, xviii–xix, xx, xxviii, 3, 48
  • Barr appointed as attorney general by, 26–28
  • Biden’s opinion of, 33, 44, 417
  • Biden’s presidency as paradigm change from Trump White House, 370
  • birthright citizenship, desire to challenge, 78–79
  • books written about, 412
  • character flaws of, xiv, xviii, 10, 25, 71, 126, 396–97, 412–13, 418
  • Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally, response to, 1, 2, 3, 7–8
  • China’s fears about imminent U.S. attack (Oct. 30, 2020) and, xiv
  • on Confederate flags/monuments/military base names, 107–9
  • coronavirus crisis and, 56, 68–69, 74, 81, 82–84, 113–15, 122–25, 129, 185, 187–89
  • deployment of active-duty troops in Washington, D.C., blocking of, 99–103
  • economic stimulus checks under, 190, 268, 285, 310, 311
  • fighter, self-image as, 73, 75, 145, 153, 207, 239, 416, 418, Plate o
  • first impeachment, 56–57, 311, 345
  • George Floyd murder and subsequent racial unrest, responses to, 86–105
  • foreign policy under, 334
  • golf and, 1, 113, 143, 193, 204, 231, 279, 305, 343, 392–98, 400
  • Graham and, 162, 182, 204–5, 221, 257–58, 289, 305, 342–44, 349–50, 389, 392–97, 409–14
  • hospitalization for coronavirus, 124–25
  • inauguration of (Jan. 20, 2017), 290–91
  • Iran, questions about potential strike at, 103–5, 109, 159–61
  • isolationism of, 25
  • Kellogg on, 223–24
  • Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., clearing of, 91, 93–96, Plate d
  • Kevin McCarthy and, 192, 287–88, 303–4, 345
  • McConnell and, 10, 20–21, 126–27, 137–38, 182–83, 190, 341–45, 349–50, 393
  • mental instability attributed to, xiv, xxii, xxvi, xxviii, 6, 7, 28, 109, 263–64
  • military establishment, relationship with, 24–26, 99–105
  • Mueller report and, 26–30
  • on NATO alliance, 376
  • Nixon, compared to, xxii, xxiv–xxv, xxviii
  • nuclear controls, concerns about access to, xix–xxviii
  • omnibus spending bill (2018), threat to veto, 8–9
  • as overweight, 125, 304, 392
  • Pelosi’s beliefs about intentions of, xxi, xxii, xxiv
  • photos of, Plate c, Plate d, Plate e, Plate n, Plate o
  • politicization of military by, 96, 106–7
  • presidential election of 2016 won by, 16
  • rage incited by, 342, 418
  • rages of, xiv, xxv, 8, 102–3, 109, 121, 132, 172, 175, 176, 183, 197, 229–30, 239, 274, 343, 393
  • on Russia investigation, 79–80
  • Paul Ryan and, 5–10
  • secret recordings made by, 6
  • Starbursts as favorite candy of, 288
  • State of the Union address, Pelosi ripping up, Plate h
  • tax reform under, 10, 126
  • Tillerson reportedly referring to Trump as “moron,” 126–27
  • Twitter, use of, 72, 82, 113–15, 148, 149, 159, 176, 178–79, 181, 184, 206, 234, 237, 245, 248, 249–50, 256
  • underground bunker, moved to, 89, 96, 121
  • weakness, fear of appearing as, 90, 107, 121, 183, 229, 231, 239
  • women, relationships with/comments about, 5, 74, 178–79
• Trump, Donald, in 2020 presidential campaign
  • on age and mental competency of Biden, 45–47, 112, 329
  • Barr on, 70–75
  • Biden candidacy, reaction to, 45–47, 81, 112, 329
  • concerns about flagging campaign, 111–12, 122
  • Kellyanne Conway’s critique of, 399
  • debates, 123, 124, 133
  • Democratic criticism affecting, 173–74
  • on Democratic primary candidates, 53–54
  • Democrats’ desire to defeat, 18, 19, 21–22, 34, 44, 48, 67
  • election night/results, 131–34
  • Fabrizio on, 68–70, 112
  • halting gait, Biden campaign mocking, 406
  • on Harris as vice-presidential candidate, 121
  • on mail-in ballots, 131–32, 133, 174
  • nicknames for Biden in, 46, 67, 81, 121, 228
  • Republican National Convention speech, 131
  • Tulsa rally, 111–12, 414
• Trump, Donald, in post-election period
  • Bannon and, 207–8
  • Biden, letter to, 287–88, 299
  • Biden, refusal to call, 288
  • Biden transition team, lack of cooperation with, 187
  • Capitol assault, response to, 239–40, 245–46, 248–51, 254, 256, 279–83
  • congressional rejection of certification, urging, 181–82, 198–203, 205–7, 225–30, 233–34, 237–40
  • Cortes and, 175–76
  • departure from White House, 290, 297
  • on economic stimulus, 190
  • efforts to talk Trump into accepting loss, 143–44, 152–53, 162, 164–67, 170–73, 229–30
  • Electoral College, casting of ballots by (Dec. 14, 2020), 181–83
  • Esper, firing of, as secretary of defense, 148–49, 151, 152
  • on fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, xix, 133–36, 165–67, 170, 176, 204–8, 209, 226, 254, 287
  • on Georgia Senate run-off elections, 174–75, 226
  • inauguration video (Jan. 8, 2021), 264
  • legal troubles of, 289
  • McConnell and, 137–38, 182–83, 190
  • Obst, on lack of grace of, 267
  • overturning of election, Trump efforts to convince Pence on, 197, 198–201
  • pardons, presidential, 288–89, 292
  • Pence, relationship with, 225–30, 233–34, 237–40, 245, 249, 259–60, 278–82
  • Pompeo on transition period, 152
  • resignation/invocation of 25th Amendment, calls for, 259–60, 280
  • second impeachment, 280–81, 282
  • self-pardon proposal, 289
  • violence, possible encouragement of, 151, 234–35, 239, 256
• Trump, Donald, as former president
  • Capitol assault and legacy of, 410, 413–14
  • departure from White House, 290, 297
  • efforts to talk Trump into accepting loss, 393, 399, 409–14
  • fraudulent voting/stolen election claims, continuation of, 393, 411, 413, 416
  • Graham and, 289, 305, 342–44, 349–50, 389, 392–97, 409–14
  • interviews given by, 412
  • McCarthy visiting, 303–4
  • McConnell and, 341–45, 349–50, 393
  • Pence, continuing anger at, 344, 346, 393
  • political operation, maintenance of, 397, 416
  • poll numbers, 397–98
  • as potential 2024 presidential candidate, 267, 344, 396–97, 414, 416–17
  • private plane, as shadow Air Force One, 400
  • Republican party, continuing importance to, 343–45, 349–50, 392–400, 409–14, 417
  • second impeachment, 304–5, 341–42
  • as shadow over Biden presidency, 207–8, 417–18
  • Twitter and Facebook, banned from, 304, 341, 345, 394
• Trump, Donald, Jr., 130, 132, 175
• Trump, Eric, 132, 233
• Trump, Fred (father of Donald), 274
• Trump, Ivanka, 7, 95, 132, 239, 246, 248–49, 278, Plate d
• Trump, Melania, 28, 133, 179, 290, 297, 303
• Trump, Tiffany, 290
• Trump International Hotel, Washington, D.C., 180, 418
• Trump Organization, 289
• Trump Plaza casino, Atlantic City, 162
• Trump Tower, New York City, 3, 6
• The Truths We Hold (Harris), 118
• Tuberville, Tommy, 256
• Tulsa, Oklahoma, Trump rally in, 111–12, 414
• 12th Amendment, 198–99, 210–12, 257
• 25th Amendment, xix, xxiv, 259–60, 280
• Twitter
  • Klain’s Twitter following, 370
  • Tanden’s attacks on Sanders, 356–57
  • Trump banned from, 304, 341, 345
  • Trump’s use of, 72, 82, 113–15, 148, 149, 159, 176, 178–79, 181, 184, 206, 234, 237, 245, 248, 249–50, 256
• Ukraine, 57, 402
• underage voting claims, 213–14, 258
• underground bunker, Trump moved to, 89, 96, 121
• unemployment benefits, 284, 313–14, 319, 325, 351–52, 354–64, 366
• unions, Biden’s appeals to, 46, 47, 58, 323, 356
• “Unite the Right” rally, Charlottesville, VA (2017), 1–4, 5, 7–8, 39, 45, 120, Plate a
• Urban, David, 24, 108–9, 149
• U.S. Marshals, 254
• USA Today, 56
• USNS Harvey Milk, 108
• USS Gerald R. Ford, 25–26
• USS Yorktown, 60
• vacant/nonresidential addresses, claims of voters registering at, 218, 222
• vaccines. See under coronavirus
• Vance, Cyrus, 289
• Vanity Fair, 163
• Venezuela and communist election conspiracy, 163, 178
• vice presidential desk drawer, signing of, 267
• Vietnam War, 391
• The View, 47
• violence. See also Capitol assault
  • inauguration of Biden, preparations for, 273–77, 291
  • Jan. 6 rally, concerns about violence at, 234–36
  • Trump possibly encouraging, 151, 234–35, 239, 256
• voter suppression and voter rights, 164, 372–75
• voting, fraudulent. See fraudulent voting/stolen election claims
• voting, on Electoral College Results. See certification of election/refusal to certify
• Vox, 274
• Waco, FBI siege of (1993), 88
• Wag the Dog (film), 109, 128
• Walker, Herschel, 396
• Wall Street Journal, 56, 177, 260, 398
• Walsh, Elsa, 12, 13
• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 124–25
• Warner, Mark, 348–49
• Warnock, Raphael, 190, 268
• Warren, Elizabeth, 35, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, 67–68, 119, 322
• Washington, D.C. See also Capitol assault; inauguration of Biden
  • Black Lives Matter Plaza, 89
  • Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 265
  • 14th Street Bridge, 276
  • Freedom Plaza, 206, 228, 233
  • Lafayette Square, clearing of, 91, 93–96, 235, 250, Plate d
  • Lincoln Memorial, 97, 130
  • Martin Luther King monument, 277
  • Metropolitan Police, 233, 238, 241, 251
  • National Mall, 277
  • Naval Observatory, 15, 232, 265
  • riots of 1968 in, 88, 99
  • St. John’s Episcopal Church, 89, 91, 94–95
  • Trump bid to deploy active-duty troops in, after Lafayette Square, 99–103
  • Trump International Hotel, 180, 418
  • Willard Hotel, 233, 234
• Washington Post, 5, 123, 125, 133, 287, 352, 387
• Watergate, xxii, xxiv–xxv, 163, 201, 417
• We the People Movement, 273
• wealth tax, progressive support for, 31
• West, Lance, 357, 358, 359, 362–63, 365
• White, Byron, 33
• White House. See also specific locations and objects, e.g. Roosevelt Room, Resolute Desk, Rose Garden
  • Bidens’ arrival at, Plate h
  • Biden’s discomfort in, 407
  • Trump’s departure from, 290
• White House Economic Council, 190
• White House staff, under Biden
  • closeness between Biden and, 408
  • lack of publicity attracted by, 370
  • as Obama administration veterans, 22, 31, 55, 186–87, 334, 348
  • transition meetings between Trump and Biden officials, 291–92, 293
• White House staff, under Trump
  • Capitol assault, evening prior to, 230–32
  • Capitol assault, lack of response to, xxi–xiv, 246, 248–49, 253–54, 282
  • coronavirus contracted by, 125, 146
  • efforts to talk Trump into accepting loss, 143–44, 152–53, 164–65
  • publicity attracted by, 370
  • rumor that Democrats would replace Biden at convention, 69
  • transition meetings between Trump and Biden officials, 291–92, 293
• white supremacists, 1–4, 8, 86, 256, 263
• Whitmer, Gretchen, 119
• Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., 233, 234
• Williams, Brian, 176
• Wilson, Jackie, 139
• Wisconsin, claims of fraudulent voting in, 220
• women
  • in Afghanistan, 337, 377, 379, 389, 390, 391
  • Biden’s issues with hugging and kissing, 43
  • Biden’s plan to have woman as running mate, 42
  • Clyburn pushing for African-American woman on Supreme Court, 61–62
  • Kavanaugh, accusations regarding, 20–21
  • Republican women in 2020 elections, 134, 191
  • suburban women’s support for Trump, in 2016, 399
  • Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill’s allegations against, 45, 174
  • Trump’s relationships with/comments about, 5, 74, 178–79
• Women for American First, 206
• Wood, Lin, 177–78
• Woodward, Bob, 12, 13, 30, 53–54, 82, 83, 86, 111, 417–18
• working people, Republicans repositioning itself as party of, 192, 330, 366, 399
• World Health Organization, 299
• World Trade Center, New York City, 337
• World War I, 105
• World War II, 112, 131, 161, 369, 401
• Wray, Chris, 166
• Wyden, Ron, 366
• Xi Jinping, xiv, xv
• Yemen, xv
• Yoo, John, 237
• Yorktown (aircraft carrier), 60
• Young, Todd, 177, 307
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 195
• YouTube, 59
• Zelensky, Volodymyr, 57
• Zients, Jeff, 186–89, 300–302, 313, 352–53
• Zoom, 82, 119, 188, 246, 300, 349, 368