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abortion, 132–33, 176, 179, 184–85, American University (Washington, 189, 210, 335n24 DC), 236 Abramoff, Jack, 236, 342n9 Americans for Prosperity, 236 Access Hollywood tape, 185 Anderson, Christopher, 278 Acosta, Jim, 80, 122, 326n10 “Anonymous” (administration official Adelson, Sherman, 144–46, 219 and op-ed author), xii, 85, 249, Adorno, Theodor W., 28, 303n32 277, 308–9n2 Affordable Care Act.See Obamacare antifa, 90, 266, 324–25n2 (Affordable Care Act) antisocial personality disorder, 299n4 African Americans Apostles’ Creed, 220 Black Evangelicals, 174 Applebaum, Anne, 248–50, 251 housing discrimination, 55–56, 68 The Apprentice (television series), 72–73, vote suppression, 269–71, 273 74, 117, 118–19, 231, 235 See also Black Lives Matter protests al-Assad, Bashar, 315n14 Ailes, Roger, 241–42 Associated Press, 296 alt right, 120, 122 Atkinson, Michael, 278, 318–19n39 Altemeyer, Bob, 29, 104, 193, 329n4, Atlantic City casinos, 61–67, 97 337–38n12, 338n2 attachment theory, 33 American National Election Surveys authoritarian followers. See right- (ANESs), 286–87 wing authoritarians (RWAs)

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(authoritarian followers) supporters, 215, 217–18, 221–24, The Authoritarian Personality (Adorno 228–29 et al.), 28, 303n32 RWA Scale scores, 216–17 The Authoritarian Specter (Altemeyer), SDO Scale scores, 220–21, 340n7 128 summary and other important authoritarianism, defining, 25–27 findings, 224–30 authoritarianism, social science autocracy, 25–26 research on, xiv, 27–29, 108–12, Ayotte, Kelly, 235 144–46, 303n33 Azar, Alex, II, 7, 8 Con Man Scale, 51–52, 110, 116, 292–93 Baltimore, Maryland, 318–19n39 F scale studies, 28–29 Bandura, Albert, 157–58 Feldman’s Four Questions (“Fluids” Bannon, Steve, 181, 240–42 and “Fixed”), 286–89, 303n33 Barna, George, 331–32n1 Posse experiments, 153–54, 172, Barr, William, 23, 137, 346n39 329n5 on role of religion in society, 247–48, Power-Mad Scale, 30–31, 110, 290–93 250 RWA Scale, 126–29 as Trump enabler, 245, 246, 247–50, SDO Scale, 109–12 252–53, 255, 277 Authoritarianism & Polarization in Barrack, Thomas, Jr., 238 American Politics (Hetherington Barrett, Wayne, 57, 58 and Weiler), 303n33 Barry, Maryanne Trump (sister), 34, authoritarianism survey (Monmouth 37–38, 48 University Polling Institute), 126, BBC viewers, 161 214–30, 338n2, 339n4, 340n6, Bergen, Candice, 50 340n8 Biden, Hunter, 254, 256, 266 America’s deeply embedded Biden, Joe authoritarianism, 220–21 the 2020 presidential election, 263, ethnocentrism and xenophobia, 215 266–69, 276 methodology, 214–16, 338n2, 339n4 Ukraine scandal and bogus number of Double Highs in America, investigation of, 101, 254, 256, 221–22 259, 341n13 prejudice explained by Bill of Rights, 152, 226 authoritarianism, 219–20, 339n5 “birther” movement, 116 prejudice scores and Trump’s Birx, Deborah, 95–96 INDEX 3

Black Lives Matter protests, x–xi, CBS News polls, 265 20–24, 83, 84, 90, 120, 146, 218, Center for Disease Control (CDC), 264–66, 280 5–6, 13, 18, 272, 318–19n39 “Black Monday” (October 1987), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 63–64 140, 246, 255, 346n39 Blair, Gwenda, 42–43 “Central Park Five,” 21–22, 89, 116, Bolton, John, xii, 258 264 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 191 Charlottesville, Virginia white Boogaloo Boys, 266 supremacist rally (2017), 122 Bossie, David N., 233–37, 241, 341n2 Chauvin, Derek, 264 Bowser, Muriel, 265 “cheap grace,” 191 Bradlee, Ben, Jr., 113 China, 5–6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 143, 316n17 Braunstein, Larry, 53 Christian Coalition, 175–76, 212 Breitbart News, 160, 161, 241, 242 Christian nationalism, 248 Brenner, Marie, 55–56 Christians, evangelical. See Brookings Institute, 244 evangelicals, white; religiosity and The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky), right-wing authoritarianism xiv Christie, Chris, 233 Brzezinski, Mika, 318–19n39 Christie, Richard, 308n1 Buchanan, Pat, 114–15 A Christmas Story (film), 39 bullies and bullying, 36–40, 61–63 Chrysler Building (New York City), Burnett, Mark, 72, 231 49 Burnham, Dennis, 37, 39 Churchill, Winston, 26, 27 Bush, George H. W., 115, 245, Citizens United, 234, 241 346n39 Civil Rights Act (1964), 163 Bush, George W., 16, 164, 175–76, climate change, 87, 92, 148, 168, 283 181, 253, 277 Clinton, Bill, 76–77, 90, 183, 234, Bush, Jeb, 186, 233 349n51 Clinton, Hillary, 76–77, 89–90, 106– Cambridge Analytica, 240, 241, 242, 8, 113, 134–35, 180, 234, 240, 343n21, 351n10 242–43, 266–67, 318n39, 321n7, Carson, Ben, 233 321n8 Carter, Jimmy, 175 Clinton Foundation, 134–35 Catholics, conservative, 175, 250, CNN viewers, 160–61, 227 347n45 Cohen, Michael, 78, 185, 231–32, 277, 4 INDEX

278, 308n59, 318–19n39, 324n30, Trump’s attacks on, 101–3, 275 327n13, 333n13 Constitutional Convention (1787), Cohn, Gary, 87, 91, 249, 268, 344– 349n55 45n26 Conway, George, 299n4 Cohn, Roy, 55–56, 57–59, 68, 97, 157, Conway, Kellyanne, 76, 137, 240, 231, 276, 319n42 241–42, 299n4 Colbert, Stephen, 318–19n39 Cook, Charles E., 322n11 Collins, Susan, 98–99, 258 Cooper, Laura, 278 Colony Capital, 238 Coronavirus Task Force, 300n2 Columbia University, 346n39 Couric, Katie, 318–19n39 Comey, James, 94, 137, 243, 272, COVID-19 pandemic crisis, ix–x, 350n56 3–20, 32, 82, 86, 87, 92, 95–96, Committee to Re-elect the President 100, 103, 140–41 (Nixon’s), 233, 264 conspiracy theories, 5, 300n2 Commodore Hotel deal (New York demands for reopening, 132–33 City), 57–59 early 2020, 11–14, 92 Communist Party in Canada, 153, face masks, 18–19, 125–26, 143 329n4 history and origin of the virus, 4–6 Con Man Scale, 51–52, 100, 110, 116, March 2020 developments, 14–16, 125 292–93, 331n17 national preparation and warnings Conservative Party of Canada, 154, ignored, 6–11 211, 329–30n5, 336n2 Trump’s approval ratings, 105, 262–63 Conservatives without Conscience and Trump’s base, 125–26, 132–33, (Dean), 337–38n12 140–41, 143, 263 conspiracy theories, 5, 90, 100–101, and the 2020 presidential election, 197, 234, 240, 256, 300n2 ix–x, 263, 271–72, 276 Constitution, U.S. and white evangelicals, 263 Bill of Rights, 152, 226 Creighton University students, 155, emoluments clause, 101–2 329n5 Fourteenth Amendment, 102 criminal racketeering, 74 Monmouth Institute survey on Croft, Catherine, 278 adherence to, 226–27 Cruz, Ted, 89, 176–77, 179, 181, 183, and right-wing authoritarian followers, 186, 233, 235, 237, 240, 333n13 152 Cuomo, Andrew, 17, 318–19n39 INDEX 5

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump Trump as a Double High, 195–96 (Lee, ed.), xi Duckitt, John, 29, 166 Daniels, Stormy, 75, 185 Durbin, Dick, 84 D’Antonio, Michael, 32, 35, 36–37, Duterte, Rodrigo, 40 39–40, 44, 71, 307n52 Dean, John W., 29, 110, 175, 221, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 253–54, 268, 337–38n12, 338n2 189 demagoguery, 26–27, 105, 120, 220, Ebola epidemic in Africa (2014), 6 242, 274, 278 The Economist, 161 Democratic National Convention Edison Media Research, 294–97 (Chicago 1968), 264 Educational Testing Service, 308n59 Deripaska, Oleg, 238, 239 Emerson College polls, 265 DJT (publicly traded company), emoluments clause of the 66–67, 71, 97 Constitution, 101–2 Dobias, Theodore, 42–43, 307n52 Enemies List, Trump’s, 275, 318– dogmatism, 147–49, 196 19n39 Dogmatism (DOG) scale, 147–48 Epstein, Jeffrey, 90 Donald J. Trump Foundation, 135, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 40, 315– 327n13 16n14 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, xiv Esper, Mark, 23–24 “Double High” authoritarians, 109, Esquire, 75 195–213, 260 ethnocentrism dogmatism, 196 Monmouth Institute survey on Global Change Game experiments, authoritarianism, 215 197–205, 336–37n3 Religious Ethnocentrism Scale, Monmouth Institute survey on, 141–42 221–22 and right-wing authoritarians prejudice, 196–97, 221–22 (RWAs), 109, 141–43, 183 RWA Scale scores of state lawmakers, evangelicals, Black, 174 205–13, 260 evangelicals, white, 109, 174–94, traits of, 195–97 223–24, 331–32n1, 334n15 and transformation of the GOP into and COVID-19 crisis, 263 the Authoritarian Party, 212–13, “forgotten evangelicals,” 223–24 337–38n12 hypocrisy and lack of integrity, 335n26 6 INDEX

importance of their religion to, 192–94 Fattah el-Sisi, Abdel, 40 migration to Republican Party, 174–77 Fauci, Anthony, 95–96, 300n2 Monmouth Institute survey, 223 Fear: Trump in the White House prejudice of, 223–24 (Woodward), xii, 88 and the Rapture, 247, 250 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Religious Fundamentalism Scale, 215, 21, 55, 90, 135, 137, 140, 266 331–32n1 Federal Reserve, 91, 318–19n39 right-wing authoritarians (RWAs), Federal Society, 251 109, 174–94, 223–24 Federalist Papers, 349n55 Trump’s enablers, 187, 246–47, 250, Feldman, Stanley, 286–89, 303n33 306n33 Fiorina, Carly, 233 the 2016 presidential election, 176–87, Fisher, Marc, 33 223, 333n13 FiveThirtyEight.com, 20, 338n2 understanding how they can dismiss Florida, 271, 277 Trump’s sinfulness, 188–91 Floyd, George, x, 20–21, 218, 264, understanding Trump’s appeal to, 276 182–87, 223 Flynn, Michael, 100–101 See also religiosity and right-wing “Forbes 400” list, 310n13 authoritarianism Fordham University, 48–49, 68, executive orders, 79, 102 308n59 Extra-Mile Casting, 119 foreign policy and overseas military commitments, 315n14 F scale studies of authoritarianism, “the forgotten” (white, undereducated 28–29 voters who prefer an authoritarian Fahrenthold, David, 135 leader), 112–14, 221, 222–24 Fair Housing Act (1968), 55 The Forgotten: How the People of One Faith and Opportunity Initiative at Pennsylvania County Elected the Office of Public Liaison, Donald Trump and Changed 306n33 America (Bradlee), 113 Falwell, Jerry, 174 Fourteenth Amendment to the Falwell, Jerry, Jr., 179, 333n13 Constitution, 102 The Family Leader (organization), 177 “Fox and Friends,” 115 Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Fox News, 10–11, 160–61, 185–86, Iowa (July 2015), 178 227, 237, 241, 242, 279, 296 INDEX 7

Franklin, Benjamin, 275 Graham, Franklin, 177 Frederickson, Caroline, 247–48 Graham, Lindsey, 84, 94, 233, 308n2 Freedom of Information Act, 253 Grand Hyatt New York, 58 Frenkel-Brunswick, E., 303n32 Grassley, Charles, 350n56 Friedan, Betty, 118 Great Britain, 14 Fromm, Erich, xiv Group Cohesiveness Scale, 166 fundamentalists, Christian. See Guardian, 71 evangelicals, white Guardian/ YouGov poll (December 2, 2019), xiii Gallup polls, 160, 185–86, 320–21n6 Gugino, Martin, 90 “Gandhi Trap,” 265–66 Guthrie, Woody, 55 Gates, Bill, 7 Gates, Robert, 344n26 Haldeman, H. R., 164 Geis, Florence, 308n1 Hale, David, 278–79 George Washington University Law Haley, Nikki, 76 School, 346n39 Hamilton, Alexander, 275, 349n55 Georgia, 17, 133, 270–71, 273 Harley-Davidson Company, 318– Gilmore, Jim, 233 19n39 Gingrich, Newt, 176, 212–13, 234, Hefner, Hugh, 47, 54 235, 349n51 Hetherington, Marc J., 286–88, Giuliani, Rudy, 82, 254, 255 303n33 Global Change Game experiments, Hicks, Hope, 76 197–205, 336–37n3 Hitler, Adolf, 248, 317n28, 322n9 High RWA world with a few Double Holmes, David, 279 Highs, 202–4 homosexual people High RWA worlds, 199–202 prejudice against, 145, 162, 335n26 Low RWA world, 198–99 rights of, 162, 176, 210, 329n5 the 1994 Game, 198–200 Horton, Willie, 115 the 1998 Game, 200–204 Hotel Astor (New York City), 49 Golding, Mark, 33 House Intelligence Committee, 98, Goldstein, Donna, 56 255, 257–58 Goldwater, Barry, 175, 176 House Oversight Committee, 78, golf, 269, 281, 312n37 308n59, 324n30, 327n13 Graham, Billy, 177 Huckabee, Mike, 186, 233, 235 8 INDEX

Huffington, Ariana, 318–19n39 Ipsos surveys, 156, 265 Hurricane Dorian (September 2019), Iran, 11, 315n14 85 Iraq, 315n14 Hussein, Saddam, 322n9 ISIS, 315n14 Hyatt Hotels, 58 Hyde, Steve, 61–62 Jefferson, Thomas, 111, 275 Jeffress, Robert, 187, 334n21 immigrants and immigration debate, Jewish Americans, 144, 146, 318– 84, 117, 121, 132, 142–43, 235 19n39 birthright citizenship, 102 Jim Crow laws, 269 family separations, 156 Jindal, Bobby, 233 so-called migrant caravan, 158, 264, John Paul II, Pope, 263 273 Johns Hopkins University, 7 Statue of Liberty inscription, 132 Johnson, Lyndon, 19, 80, 93, 163, 272, Stephen Miller and, 132, 326n10 334n19 Trump’s border wall, 88, 97, 131, Johnson, Myeshia, 318–19n39 142–43, 182, 183, 328n22 Johnson, Philip, 76 Trump’s “zero tolerance policy” on Jost, John, 29 illegal entry, 156–57 judiciary, federal, 251, 275 vote suppression tactics, 270 Immigrations and Customs Kasich, John, 233, 237, 318–19n39 Enforcement, 86 Keefe, Patrick Radden, 72–73 impeachment, articles of, 349–50n55 Keller, Timothy, 335n26 impeachment trial in the U.S. House Kelly, John, 6 of Representatives, 4, 95, 252–60, Kelly, Megan, 318–19n39 306n33 Kelly, William T., 50 independent voters, 227–28 Kemp, Brian, 17, 133 prejudice scores, 228–29 Kennedy, John F., 89 Trump approval ratings, 105, 228, 262 Kent, George, 279 and 2016 election, 107–8, 262, 321n8 Kessler, Glenn, 81 and 2020 election, 227–28, 262–63 Kim Jong Un, 7 Inslee, Jay, 318–19n39 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 265–66 Inspector General (IG), 254–55 Klemesrud, Judy, 57, 83 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 34 Koch brothers, 236 INDEX 9

Konnikova, Maria, 73–74 Maher, Bill, 82–83 Kranish, Michael, 33 mail-in voting, 101, 270, 295 Ku Klux Klan, 154, 329n5 Major League Baseball, 14 Kurds, 92, 315n14 Malle, Bert, 109 Kushner, Jared, 14, 23, 343n21 Manafort, Paul, 233, 237–42, 245 Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao), 322n9, Larry King Show, 22 324–25n2 lawmakers, RWA Scale scores of, Maples, Marla, 63 205–13, 260 Marble Collegiate Church (New York Le Club (New York City lounge), City), 41 54–55 Martinez, Oscar Alberto, 156 Leadership Conference on Civil and Martinez, Valeria, 156 Human Rights, 152 Mattis, James, 91, 249 Lee, Bandy, xi McCain, John, 98, 176, 182, 183, 250, Lee, Robert E., 122 322n9 left-wing authoritarians, 324–25n2, McCain, Meghan, 318–19n39, 322n9 338n2 McCarthy, Joseph, 27, 55 Legend, John, 318–19n39 McCarthyism, 28 Leonnig, Carol, 82–83 McChrystal, Stanley, 308n2 Levinson, D. J., 303n32 McConnell, Mitch, 206, 241, 251 Levitsky, Steven, 26 McEnany, Kayleigh, 23, 76 Lewandowski, Corey, 117, 235, 236– McFarland, Sam, 29, 144–46, 219 39, 341n2, 342n9 McIntosh, Sandy, 35, 47 Libertarian Party, 230 McKinley, Michael, 279 Liberty University, 333n13 Meadows, Mark, 23 Limbaugh, Rush, 10, 160, 161, 185– “Meet the Press,” 179, 241, 318–19n39 86, 288 Meloen, Jos, 29 Lincoln, Abraham, xiii, 79, 269, 279 Mercer, Rebekah, 240–42 Livingston, Robert, 349n51 Mercer, Robert, 240–43 Lucas, George, 48 Merkel, Angela, 318–19n39 MERS outbreak (2003), 4 Machiavellianism Scale, 308n1 Mexico. See immigrants and MacWilliams, Matthew, 303n33 immigration debate; The Wall Madison, James, 275 (Trump’s border wall) 10 INDEX

Michigan, 17, 101, 321n8, 322n10 Infectious Diseases, 300n2 Militia Scale, 197, 336n2 National Opinion Research Center at Miller, Michael, 32–33 the University of Chicago, 296 Miller, Stephen, 14, 132, 326n10 National Public Radio (NPR), 227 Milley, Mark, 23–24 The National Review, 318–19n39 Minnesota, 17, 266 National Rifle Association (NRA), 86 Mitchell, Steve, 182 National Security Agency (NSA), 140 Monmouth University Polling National Security Council, 255, 258 Institute, 214–16, 229, National Weather Service, 85 265, 338n2, 340n6. See also Navarro, Peter, 8 authoritarianism survey Nazi Germany, 28, 96, 248, 317n28 (Monmouth University Polling NBC News, 15, 137, 244 Institute) New Hampshire Freedom Summit Moral Majority, 174–75 (2014), 235 Mount Holyoke College, 48 New Jersey Generals (football team), MSNBC viewers, 161, 227 67–68 Mueller, Robert, 4, 82, 98, 137, 140, New York Magazine, 76, 305n31 246, 252–53, 279, 318–19n39 New York Military Academy Mueller investigation of Russian (NYMA), 42–48, 50, 68, 83, interference in the 2016 election, 308n59 4, 82, 98, 137, 140, 246, 252–54 New York Post, 177 Murray, Patrick, 214, 219, 225, 338– New York Times, 8, 26–27, 53, 66, 160, 39n2, 340n6 240, 241, 246–47, 277 “Anonymous” op-ed, xii, 85, 277, Nachtigall, Steven, 39 308–9n2 narcissism, xii, 68–71, 299n4 Editorial Board on the “new National Basketball Association, 14 Republican presidential National Economic Council, 344– etiquette,” 251–52, 348n49 45n26 investigation of Fred Trump’s finances, National Election Pool, 294 34, 53–54, 70, 309–10n7 National Enquirer, 266 Klemesrud’s 1976 piece on Trump, National Football League (NFL), 57, 83 67–68 New York University, 29 National Institute of Allergy and New Yorker, 72–74, 75 INDEX 11

Newman, Omarosa Manigault, Omar, Ilhan, 167 318–19n39 One America News, 161, 227 news media Trump supporters’ preferred news Palin, Sarah, 176 sources, 160–61, 185–86, 227 pardons, executive, 101, 227, 259, 278 Trump’s attacks on, 120, 122 Park Plaza Hotel (New York City), 63, Ney, Bob, 236, 342n9 64, 65, 68 Niemöller, Martin, 146 Parscale, Brad, 343n21, 351n10 9/11 terror attacks, 12, 16, 89 Partnership for Public Service, 244 Nixon, Richard, xii, 19, 56, 101, 115, Pataki, George, 233 151, 163, 164, 174, 233, 242, 256, Patrick, Daniel, 16–17 264 Patton, George S., 40, 42 “Nixon trap,” 264–65 Paul, Rand, 233, 235 Nolan, James, 49–50 PBS Frontline, 34, 37 North Atlantic Treaty Organization PBS viewers, 160–61 (NATO), 204–5 Peale, Norman Vincent, 41, 306n33 Nunberg, Sam, 235–37 Pelosi, Nancy, 98, 252, 253, 256–57, Nuremberg Rallies, 96 277, 318–19n39, 319n42, 349n51 Pence, Mike, 244–47, 249–50 Obama, Barack, 79, 80, 81, 251, Penn Central Railroad, 57–58 341n13 Penn State University, 151 pandemic preparation, 6, 15, 18 Pennsylvania, 113, 321n8 on Trump, 104 Perdue, Sonny, 249 Trump’s attacks on, 15, 89–90, 98, Perot, Ross, 114–15 100, 116, 140, 308n59, 318n39 Perry, Rick, 233 the 2008 election, 112, 176 Pew Research Center polls, 263, Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), 17, 295–96 79, 85, 182, 250, 252 Planned Parenthood, 318–19n39 “Obamagate,” 100–101, 140 Playboy magazine, 47, 54 “October surprise,” 272–73 “Plumbers,” xii O’Donnell, John, 61–62, 67, 312n41 Politico, 303n33 Office of Legal Counsel, 346–47n39 Politifact, 81 Oklahoma City bombing (1995), 197, Pompeo, Mike, 245–47, 249–50 336n2 Port Angeles, Washington, 138 12 INDEX

Porter, Rob, 87 232–43, 341n2, 343n21 “Posse” experiments (1982), 153–54, Trump’s campaign, 26–27, 117–23, 172, 329n5 232–43 Powell, Colin, 318–19n39 white evangelicals, 176–87, 223, Power-Mad Scale, 30–31, 100, 110, 333n13 290–93 presidential election (November 2020), Pratto, Felicia, 109–10 261–84 prejudice and COVID-19 crisis, ix–x, 263, and authoritarianism, 219–20, 339n5 271–72, 276 “Double High” authoritarians, 196– creating fear, 263–66, 273 97, 221–22 data collection, 351n10 against homosexual people, 145, 162, encouraging non-voters to vote, 335n26 282–84 independent voters, 228–29 flagrant breaking of election laws, 274 right-wing authoritarians (RWAs), hacking and Russian interference, 273 144–46, 222–24, 280 how Trump could and should lose, social dominators, 111–12, 114–19, 262–63 144–46 if Trump loses (what happens), 106, Trump supporters (Monmouth 226, 276–79, 340n9 Institute survey), 215, 217–18, if Trump wins (what a second term 221–24, 228–29 would look like), 274–76 white evangelicals, 223–24 independent voters, 227–28, 262–63 presidential election (2016), 176–82, mail-in voting, 101, 270, 295 232–43 an October surprise, 272–73 Clinton votes, 89–90, 106–8, 113, smear Biden tactics, 266–67 180, 266–67, 321n7, 321n8 Trump’s reelection playbook (tactics), exit poll data, 107–8, 158, 180–81, 263–74 294–97 undecided voters, 272, 351n10 Russian interference, xiv, 4, 90, 137, vote suppression, 269–71 140, 254, 266–67, 273 prosperity theology, 306n33 Trump votes, 106–8, 112–14, 140, psychopathy, xii 180–81, 262, 321n7 Putin, Vladimir, xiv, 7, 40, 140, 267, and Trump’s authoritarian enablers, 278 INDEX 13

Quinnipiac polls, 156 331–32n1 “Quitman 10+2” (Georgia voter fraud “religious liberty” rhetoric, 248 case), 271 religious right. See evangelicals, white Res, Barbara, 76 race-based housing discrimination, Reuters polls, 265 55–56, 68 Rice, Condoleezza, 344n26 racial prejudice. See Black Lives Richardson, Elliot, 56 Matter protests; prejudice RICO laws, 74 rallies, Trump’s, 18, 96, 107, 120–22, right-wing authoritarians (RWAs) 132, 143, 166–67, 180, 186–87, (authoritarian followers), 25, 108– 221 9, 124–49, 150–73, 322n12 the Rapture, 247, 250 capacity to change, 280 “reaction formation,” 89 cognitive dissonance, 127–28 Reagan, Ronald, 79, 175, 346n39 compartmentalized thinking, 129–33, Reeker, Philip, 279 154, 183–84, 227 Reform Party (Ross Perot’s), 114–15 conflicting and contradictory ideas, Reform Party of Canada, 211 136–38 Reilly, Rick, 312n37 and COVID-19 pronouncements, religiosity and right-wing 125–26, 132–33, 140–41, 143 authoritarianism defining, 124–25, 324–25n2 Christian nationalism, 248 difficulty judging evidence, 138–41, dogmatism, 147–48 184, 185 Religious Ethnocentrism Scale, dismissal of civil liberties, 151–55, 141–42 329n5 Religious Fundamentalism Scale, 215, dogmatism, 147–49, 196 331–32n1 double-standard judgments, 133–35 self-righteousness, 159 ethnocentrism, 109, 141–43, 183 Trump’s enablers, 246–48, 250 fear, 157–59, 183, 194 university students, 130–31, 147–48, Global Change Game experiments, 325–26n6 198–204 See also evangelicals, white limited understanding of themselves, Religious Ethnocentrism Scale, 169–73, 186 141–42 Posse experiments, 153–54, 172, Religious Fundamentalism Scale, 215, 329n5 14 INDEX

prejudice, 144–46, 223–24, 280 266–67, 273 religiosity, 130–31, 141–42, 147–48, 325–26n6 San Francisco State University RWA scale, 126–27, 195–97, 215, students, 152, 329n5 216–17 Sande, Gerry, 204 self-righteousness/moral superiority, Sanders, Bernie, 267, 276 158–59, 330n13 Sanders, Sarah, 76, 321n7 state lawmakers, 205–13, 260 Sandy, Mark, 279 susceptibility to con men, 161–62, 194, Sanford, Nevitt, 27–28, 303n32 331n17 Santorum, Rick, 233 Trump’s authoritarian enablers, SARS outbreak (2003), 4 231–60 Saudi Arabia, 315n14 use of social reinforcement to buttress Scalia, Antonin, 90 beliefs, 159–64, 185–86 Scaramucci, Anthony, 82–83, 318– vulnerability to conformity, 165–68, 19n39 186 Scarborough, Joe, 318–19n39 weakness for bombast, 136–38, Schiff, Adam, 98, 257 327n17 Schwartz, Tony, 31, 32, 34–36, 38, white evangelicals, 109, 182–94, 39, 60, 65, 69, 71, 81, 305n31, 223–24 311n26 See also “Double High” authoritarians Schwartzman, Paul, 32–33 “The Rise of American Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 318–19n39 Authoritarianism” (Taub), 303n33 Senate Intelligence Committee, 140 Robertson, Pat, 175, 212 Sessions, Jeff, 318–19n39 Romney, Mitt, 113, 179–80, 183, 700 Club, 175 234–35, 251, 258, 308n2, 323n16, Sharpie incident (September 2019), 85 341n13 Sidanius, Jim, 109 The Room Where It Happened (Bolton), Sider, Ronald J., 189 xii Silver, Nate, 105, 326n9, 338n2 Rosenstein, Rob, 318–19n39 60 Minutes, 343n21 Rove, Karl, 175–76, 213, 318–19n39 Smith, M. Brewster, 158, 308n1 Rubio, Marco, 186, 233, 245 Snyder, Mark, 75 Rucker, Philip, 82–83 social dominators (SDOs), 31, 108–23, Russian interference in the 2016 170, 322n12 election, xiv, 4, 90, 137, 140, 254, aggression and hostility, 146, 157 INDEX 15

capacity to change, 281 Sunshine, Louise, 34–35, 54, 65–66, the “forgotten,” 112–14, 221, 222–23 76 Power-Mad Scale and study of, 30–31, Surviving at the Top (Trump and 100, 110, 290–93 Leerhsen), 53, 60 racism and prejudice, 111–12, 114–19, Survivor (television series), 72 144–46 Syria, 92, 315n14 SDO Scale, 109–12, 145, 195–97, 211, 215, 220–21, 340n7 Taj Mahal (Atlantic City hotel and and Trump’s 2016 presidential casino), 61, 64 campaign, 117–23 Taub, Amanda, 303n33 See also “Double High” authoritarians Taylor, Bill, 279 Soleimani, Qassem, 315n14 Teigen, Chrissy, 318–19n39 Son Hing, Leanne S., 204 Tennessee, 270 Sondland, Gordon, 94 Texas, 270 Spanish Influenza pandemic (1918), 10 Thornburgh, Dick, 346–47n39 Spellman, Cardinal Francis, 45 Thunberg, Greta, 318–19n39 Spielberg, Steven, 48 Thurmond, Strom, 269 “the Squad,” 318–19n39 Tillerson, Rex, 6, 91, 344n26 St. John’s Episcopal Church Torkildsen, Peter G., 236 (Washington, D.C.), 24 Trees, Ann, 37–38 St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York Trump, Don, Jr., 239 City), 45 Trump, Donald (childhood and early Stahl, Leslie, 343n21 adulthood), 30–50 Stalin, Joseph, 248, 322n9 academic performance, 37–38, 43, 50, Stallworth, Lisa, 109 83, 308n59 Stanford University, 157, 286 athletic skills, 40, 42–44, 47–48, Statue of Liberty, 132 307n52 Stern, Howard, 75 becoming a bully, 36–40 Stewart, Katherine, 247–48 love of publicity, 43–44 stock market crash (October 1987), lying, 47–48 63–64, 67 military school, 41–48, 308n59 Stone, Roger, 233–34, 235–39, 267 moral upbringing, 40–41 Streep, Meryl, 318–19n39 relationship with father, 33–36, 40– Sunday Times, 40–41 43, 44, 46, 50, 53–54, 59, 64–65, 70–71, 97 16 INDEX

relationship with mother, 33, 40–41, New York Times investigation, 34, 46, 70 53–54, 70, 309–10n7 relationships with girls and women, race-based discrimination at Trump 46–47, 50 properties, 55–56, 68 as undergraduate, 48–50 Trump, Fred C., III (nephew), 311n27 Trump, Donald (1968–2016), 51–77 Trump, Ivana, 62–63, 64, 76 bankruptcies, 65–67, 71 Trump, Ivanka, 23–24, 75 casino ownership and bad investments, Trump, Mary Ann MacLeod 61–67, 97 (mother), 33–34, 40–41, 46, 70 as draft-dodger, 52–54 Trump, Maryanne. See Barry, fraudulent business schemes, 71–74 Maryanne Trump (sister) Manhattan real estate career, 54–60 Trump, Robert (brother), 37 pursuit of fame/celebrity, 59–60 Trump Airlines, 68 roots of narcissism, 68–71 Trump: The Art of the Deal (Trump and Trump, Donald (as president), 78–103, Schwartz), 31, 44, 49, 60, 305n31, 243–60, 261–62 311n26, 312n41 approval ratings, 20, 105, 262–63, Trump Management Corporation, 55 320–21n6, 326n9 Trump Plaza (Atlantic City casino), authoritarian enablers, 243–60 61–63 inability to think straight, 85–89, 103, Trump Revealed (Kranish and Fisher, 268–69, 316n17, 318n32 eds.), 33 incessant lying, 81–85, 103 Trump Tower (New York City), 58, increasing aggression, 96–103, 318– 69, 72–73, 76, 90, 100, 117, 140, 19n39 236–37, 310n17 increasing demand for unquestioning Trump University, 73–74, 97 loyalty, 93–96, 103, 318n32 “Trump-pets,” 94, 318n32 reliance on intuition and instincts, Trump’s authoritarian enablers, 231– 89–93, 103 60, 350n56 Trump, Fred, Jr. (Freddy) (brother), Applebaum on, 248–50 35–36, 42, 50, 70, 311n27 Barr, 245, 246, 247–50, 252–53, 255, Trump, Fred, Sr. (father), 33–36, 277 40–46, 50, 52–54, 59, 61, 63–64, evangelicals, 187, 246–47, 250, 70–71, 97, 231 306n33 last will and testament, 64, 97, 311n27 impeachment proceedings and trial, 4, INDEX 17

95, 252–60, 306n33, 350n56 United Nations Building, 49 Pence, 244–47, 249–50 United States Football League Pompeo, 245–47, 249–50 (USFL), 67–68 refusal to fill key posts, 244, 345n27 University of Alabama, 151 six historical rationales employed by, University of Auckland (New 249–50 Zealand), 29 and staff turnover, 243–44, 344– University of California at Berkeley, 45n26 28 the 2016 presidential race and University of Indiana, 151 campaign team, 232–43, 341n2, University of Leiden (Netherlands), 29 343n21 University of Manitoba, 204–5, why Republicans tolerate Trump’s 336–37n3 behavior, 249, 250–57 University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Trump’s supporters, xiii–xv, 25, 103, 236 104–23, 124–49 University of Michigan, 286 opinion polling and approval ratings, University of Pennsylvania, 49 20, 105, 262–63, 320–21n6, University of Southern California, 326n9 48, 68 post-2020 (the future for), 279–82 University of Virginia, 151 preferred news sources, 160–61, University of Western Kentucky, 29, 185–86, 227 144 size of the base, 106–8, 322n11 University of Wyoming, 151 See also “Double High” authoritarians; Urban League, 56 right-wing authoritarians (RWAs) (authoritarian followers); social vaccinations, childhood, 90, 148–49 dominators (SDOs) Vander Plaats, Bob, 177 The Truth About Trump (D’Antonio), Vichy regime, 249 32 Vietnam War, 19, 28, 52, 93, 163, 272 Turkey, 315n14 Village Voice, 57 Turning Point USA Conference Vindman, Alexander, 279 (2019), 168 Virginia, 17, 122 vote suppression tactics, 269–71, 273 Ukraine scandal, 4, 90, 94, 98, 101, Voting Rights Act (1965), 163, 269–70 230, 254–59, 279, 341n13 18 INDEX

Walker, Scott, 233 Williams, Jennifer, 279 The Wall (Trump’s border wall), 88, Winfrey, Oprah, 318–19n39 97, 102–3, 131, 142–43, 182, 183, Wisconsin, 321n8 328n22 women, Trump’s treatment of, 46–47, Wall Street Journal, 161, 318–19n39 50, 62–63, 74–77, 98, 185 Wallace, George, 27, 115 Woodward, Bob, xii, 75, 84, 88–89 Walton, Reggie B., 253 World Health Organization (WHO), A Warning (Anonymous), 85, 277, 5–6, 7, 8–9, 18, 272, 318–19n39 308–9n2 World War II, 40, 92, 248, 249, Warsaw Pact, 204–5 317n28 Washington, George, 275, 279 Wuhan, China, 5 Washington Post, 7, 8, 32–33, 39, 43, Wuhan Institute of Virology, 5 81, 135, 137, 244, 308n59 Wynn, Steve, 234 Watergate cover-up, 19, 101, 151, 164 Waters, Maxine, 318–19n39 Xi Jinping, 7, 40 Webb and Knapp (real estate development firm), 49 Yale School of Medicine, xi Wegmann, Mary, 138 Yanukovych, Viktor, 239 Weiler, Jonathan D., 286–88, 303n33 Yovanovitch, Marie, 279, 318–19n39 Weinstein, Harvey, 48 Weinstein, Manny, 53 Zeckendorf, William, 49, 50, 53, 65 West Side Story (Broadway production), Zelensky, Volodymyr, 98, 254, 255, 41–42 256, 258, 341n13 Wharton School of Finance and Zelizer, Julian E., 334n19 Commerce at the University of Ziblatt, Daniel, 26 Pennsylvania, 49–50, 52, 57, 68 Zuken, Joseph, 329n4 whistleblower’s complaint (Ukraine scandal), 98, 254–57, 279, 341n13 White, Paula, 187, 306n33 white evangelicals. See evangelicals, white white supremacists, 122, 266, 269 Whitmer, Gretchen, 318–19n39 WikiLeaks, 234