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A book on the sitting president owes much to the journalism, writing and books that have gone before. There is so much on Trump already in the vortex of the 24/7 daily news. It is no longer a cycle but a steady stream. This book is based on my own reporting but it is inevitable that ideas or information were supplied directly or indirectly from other publications and news accounts. I owe an immense debt to all who have written on Trump and this political era, especially from The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Axios and Politico.
Robert B. Barnett, my lawyer, counselor and friend, once again did his marvelous work. Wedded to the concept of total devotion to his clients, he delivered the full support package. Bob knows Washington politics and New York publishing like no one else, and uses that knowledge with ingenuity and devotion to his clients.
Evelyn and I are fortunate for the presence, care and kindness of Rosa Criollo and Jackie Crowe.
Deep appreciation and love to Tali Woodward, my oldest daughter, who is the director of the Master of Arts program at Columbia Journalism School. She regularly provided wise counsel. And my love to her husband, Gabe Roth, and their two children, Zadie and Theo—my grandchildren.
Diana Woodward, our youngest daughter, is entering her senior year at Yale where she majors in humanities and psychology. When she returns during college breaks she brings that spark and joy we miss so much around the house.
This book is dedicated to Elsa Walsh, my wife, known widely as the Kindness Lady because she lives by Henry James’s words on the importance and centrality of kindness. For Elsa this is not just unselfish appreciation for each person but reverence for each. This is the 15th book in the 37 years we have been together. A former reporter for The Washington Post and staff writer for The New Yorker, Elsa loves people, ideas and books. She applied her natural, well-practiced and demanding editing skills to this book. I am forever grateful. I cannot thank her enough for her love and support. Over the years, I have developed a permanent respect for her judgment. I often ask, How does she know? Where does this intellect come from? I have never found the complete answer to those questions. But I get to see her magic in daily life. I cherish her—partner and the love of my life.
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Source Notes
PROLOGUE
The information in this chapter comes primarily from multiple deep background interviews with firsthand sources.
But now there was the letter: Author obtained document.
“More than anything else, it’s”: On-the-record interview with Donald J. Trump, March 31, 2016.
CHAPTER 1
The information in this chapter comes primarily from multiple deep background interviews with firsthand sources. See also Let Trump Be Trump by Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie (New York: Hachette, 2017).
Trump had once given Bannon: “Bannon’s ‘Victory Sessions’ Goes National,” Breitbart, February 23, 2012.
CHAPTER 2
The information in this chapter comes primarily from multiple deep background interviews with firsthand sources.
“The Failing Inside Mission”: Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman, “The Failing Inside Mission to Tame Trump’s Tongue,” The New York Times, August 14, 2016, p. A1. (Available online at https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/us/politics/donaldtrump-campaign-gop.html.)