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Access Hollywood tape, 89 Atlas, Scott, 237–238 Adams, Jerome, 136, 154, 239–240 authoritarianism Adelson, Sheldon, 47 of base supporters of Trump, 24–25 administration of Donald Trump democracy and, 266–267 Alex Azar, 186–188 soft dictatorship and, 270–271 demographics, 57 of Trump, 24–25, 266–267 dysfunctionality of, 57–58 Azar, Alex, 186–188 early signs of crowd size lies, 55 Bacow, Lawrence, 146–147 inaugural address, 54–55 bad leadership/followership categories family involvement, 56 ineffective, 15 Hope Hicks, 207–208 unethical, 15 H. R. McMaster, 60–61 Bannon, Steve, 73 James Mattis, 61–62 Barr, William, 181–186 John Kelly, 61 Barrack, Tom, 72–73 Kellyanne Conway, 207–208 base supporters of Trump loyalty tests, 64–67 COVID-19 and, 32 Mark Meadows, 196–199 deference to authoritarianism, 24–25 media savviness importance, 57 deﬁned, 22 Mick Mulvaney, 195–196 demographics, 22–23, 33 Mike Pence, 171–176 devotion of, 19–21, 31–33 Mike Pompeo, 176–179 and economic disenfranchisement, military appointees, 56 24 Peter Navarro, 199–201 ethnicity of, 22–23 Rex Tillerson, 59–60 polling of, 265–266 Robert O’Brien, 201–202 relationship to truth, 33–34 Sonny Perdue, 271 types of, 21–22 Steven Mnuchin, 179–181 Bethrothed, The,94 subordinate subservience, 67–70 birtherism, 160 turnover, 61–64 Birx, Deborah, 121, 145, 197–198, wealth of, 56 242–246 William Barr, 181–186 Black Death, 96–98 advisors. See senior advisors, Trump Black Lives Matter, 158, 159–160, 185–186 African Americans, 159 Bolton, John, 201–202, 274 Age of Enlightenment, 130–132 Breitbart media, 43, 73 Allure of Toxic Leaders, The,25 Bright, Rick, 143–144, 201, 238 alternative facts, 77–78, 207 Browning, Christopher, 7 American preservationist, 22 bubonic plague, 96–98 anti-elite Trump supporter, 22 Buckley, William F., 37 Applebaum, Anne, 266, 270 Bush, Billy, 28 Atkinson, Michael, 68 Bush, George W., 102–103

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Camus, Albert, 95–96 masks, 153–158 Caputo, Michael, 273 polarization of, 147–153 CARES Act, 180 COVID-19 timeline Carlson, Tucker, 151, 226 April 2020, 118–121 Centers for Disease Control, 103, 110, 132, January/February 2020, 109–113 136–137, 246–251, 271–274 June 2020, 126–129 China and COVID-19 March 2020, 113–117 Matthew Pottinger and, 203–204 May 2020, 121–126 Mike Pompeo and, 165–166, 176–179 cruise industry, 114–115 mismanagement by, 118 Cuomo, Andrew, 113 politicization of, 163–164 Robert Redfield and, 247–248 Daniels, Stormy, 73–74 travel restrictions from, 200 Defense Production Act, 141, 199–201 World Health Organization, 109–111 democracy and authoritarianism, 266–267 Citizens United ruling, 48 Democratic Party Clinton, Bill, 29 culture war (COVID-19), 152–153 Clinton, Hillary as panDEMic party, 227 dislike of, 30 demographics presidential vote tally, 265 administration of Donald Trump, 57 Trump lewdness and, 28 base supporters of Trump, 22–23, 33 Coats, Dan, 69, 275 mask-wearing, 155–156 Cohen, Michael, 73–74 DeSantis, Ron, 218–221 Comey, James, 63, 69 DeWine, Mike, 49 Coming Plague, The, 101 Diamond, Jared, 97–98 Conley, Sean, 259–260 disaster preparedness Contagion (film), 96 cognitive biases and, 106–107 containment zone (COVID-19), 113 leadership for, 107 Conway, George T. III, 78 disengaged Trump supporter, 22 Conway, Kellyanne, 77–78, 207–208 donors, political coronavirus. See COVID-19 Bernie Sanders, 47 Corwin, Steven, 136–137 Citizens United ruling, 48 COVID-19 difference between Republican and administration personnel affected, Democratic individual, 47–48 78, 208 Isaac Perlmutter, 46 American dismal response to, 262–263 Robert and Rebekah Mercer, 46 base supporters of Trump and, 32 Sheldon Adelson, 47 failure of United States government to Stephen Ross, 46 contain, 12–14 wealth of Trump, 45–49 Fox News and, 223–233 Jared Kushner and, 86 Ebola virus, 103 leadership of Trump during, 8–9 economy Lindsey Graham and, 216–217 COVID-19 and, 144–145, 181 Melania Trump and, 89 racial disparities in, 159 Operation Warp Speed, 264 reopening guideline tension, 124–125 race and, 158–163 unemployment rise, 124–125 shifting responsibility management, enabler effect, 276–278 197–198 enablers, defined, 1, 16 COVID-19 politics enablers of Trump culture war, 152–153 administration, 54–70 global, 163–167 fealty of, 16

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enablers of Trump (cont.) Frieden, Thomas, 141 fear of, 268–269 Frist, Bill, 101–102 inner circle, 71–89, 171–188 levels of, 10–12, 269–270 Garrett, Laurie, 101–102 pandemic response team, 150–151 Gates, Bill, 102 political base supporters, 19–35 Gingrich, Newt, 38 relationship to truth of, 268 Giroir, Brett, 271 Republican Party, 36–53 Goldwater, Barry, 37 scientific community, 138–139, 144 governors, Trump enablers types of, 10–12 Brian Kemp, 221–222 Enlightenment, The, 5 Ron DeSantis, 218–221 Esper, Mark, 69 Graham, Lindsey, 213–217 evangelical Christians and Trump, 29–30 Hanks, Tom, 114 exponential myopia, 107 Hannity, Sean, 80–82, 151, 228–232 Harvard University pandemic decision- fables, plague, 93–94 making process, 146–147 fake news, 120 Hicks, Hope, 76–77, 205–207 Fauci, Anthony Hitler, Adolf, 6–7, 266–267 cautious nature of, 104 Hoffmann, Stanley, 265 hydroxychloroquine, 140 Horton, Richard, 135 Lindsey Graham and, 215 hydroxychloroquine, 140, 227 mask-wearing, 136 pandemic resource allocation, 105 impeachment of Donald Trump Peter Navarro and, 200–201 acquittal of, 277–278 slow pandemic response of, 111 Lindsey Graham and, 215–216 target of criticism, 139–140 Mitch McConnell and, 212 Trump enabler, 251–260 Republican fealty during, 50–51 Tucker Carlson and, 226 Ingraham, Laura, 226–228 fiction, plague, 94–96 inner circle of Trump 15 Days to Slow the Spread, 117 inner ring, 83–86 Floyd, George, 158 lack of, 71–74 followership levels of, 74 attraction to bad leaders, 25–26 middle ring, 78–83, 171–188 bad categories, 15 outer ring, 74–78 defined, 3 inner ring of inner circle, Trump enablers, history, 4–7 83–86 and leadership of Trump, 9–10, 261–262 who do not follow bad leaders, 275–276 Javanka, 83–86 Fox News Jefferson, Thomas, 131 COVID-19 spread, 151 Johnson, Boris, 119 demeaning of other media coverage, 43 Jordan, Mary, 88–89 Laura Ingraham, 43 primary media Trump enabler, 223–225 Kadlec, Robert, 240–242 Republican Party and, 42–43 Kaine, Tim, 28 Rupert Murdoch, 225 Katrina (hurricane), 106 Sean Hannity and, 80–82, 228–232 Kelly, John, 61 Tucker Carlson, 226 Kemp, Brian, 157–158, 221–222 Franklin, Benjamin, 130–131 Kolbert, Elizabeth, 96 free marketer Trump supporter, 22 Kushner, Jared

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in administration, 56 McGahn, Don, 69 campaign role, 190 McMaster, H. R., 60–61 claims of false pandemic success, Meadows, Mark, 196–199 193–195 media Trump enablers inner circle of Trump, 83–86 Fox News, 223–233 mismanagement by, 192, 193 Laura Ingraham, 226–228 pandemic supply chain control, 123–124 Rupert Murdoch, 225 shadow COVID-19 task force, 190–192 Sean Hannity, 228–232 unsavory background of, 189–190 Tucker Carlson, 226 medical Trump enablers La Fontaine, Jean de, 93–94 Anthony Fauci, 251–260 leadership Deborah Birx, 242–246 bad, 34–35 Jerome Adams, 239–240 bad categories, 15 Robert Kadlec, 240–242 change of followers as supporters, 4–7 Robert Redﬁeld, 246–251, 271–274 disaster preparedness, 107 Sean Conley, 259–260 of Donald Trump, 8–9, 263–264 White House Coronavirus Task Force, societal need for, 25–26 234–238 leadership history Mercer, Robert and Rebekah, 46 follower history, 4–7 Messonnier, Nancy, 111, 142–143, 238 in Germany during World War II, 7–8 middle ring of inner circle, Trump enablers, relationship with enablers, 2–3 78–83, 171–188 Limbaugh, Rush, 43–44 Milgram, Stanley, 7 Lincoln Project, 78 military Lipman-Blumen, Jean, 25 deﬁance of Trump, 32, 161–162 loyalty tests, 64–67 Trump appointees, 56 Miller, Stephen, 75–76 mainstream media and Trump Milley, Mark, 162 bypassing with Twitter, 42 Mnuchin, Steven, 69, 179–181 destruction of credibility of, 42 Mueller report, 182 Fox News, 42–43 Mulvaney, Mick, 195–196 Manzoni, Alessandro, 94 Murdoch, Rupert, 225 mask shortage, 123 mask-wearing National Basketball Association (NBA), 114 demographics, 155–156 national shutdown guidelines, 117 differing recommendations about Navarro, Peter, 139, 199–201 wearing, 136 in Florida, 221 Obama, Barack, 102–103 Jerome Adams and, 240 O’Brien, Robert, 201–202 politics of, 153–158 On Tyranny, 266 reasons for, 253 Operation Warp Speed, 264 Trump not enforcing, 127 Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 Mattis, James, 61–62, 161–162 and the Final Solution in McCain, John Poland,7 Lindsey Graham and, 213–214 outer ring of inner circle, Trump enablers, Trump lewdness and, 28 74–78 McConnell, Mitch enabler of Trump, 209–213 Pamuk, Orhan, 94–95, 118 mask-wearing and, 157 pandemic. See also COVID-19 Trump lewdness and, 28 future preparations for, 104–108

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pandemic (cont.) Red Dawn emails, 242 politics Redfield, Robert, 110, 122, 132, 246–251, COVID-19, 147–153 271–274 global, 163–167 reopening guideline tension mask-wearing, 153–158 Florida, 220–221 prequel to, 93–96 in Georgia, 221–222 race and, 158–163 Republican Party and Donald Trump school closures, 147–148 culture war (COVID-19), 152–153 scientific community fealty of, 49–53, 125–126 academic input to, 145–148 Fox News, 42–43 Age of Enlightenment, 130–132 history of, 36–41 failure to speak truth to power, mask-wearing and, 156–158 141–145 media coverage, 41–44 global observations, 133–137 Rush Limbaugh, 43–44 politics of, 150 wealth of, 45–49 slow response to, 135–136 Ross, Stephen, 46 Trump and, 137–141, 144 Rubio, Marco, 50 pandemic history ancient, 96–99 Sanders, Bernie, 47 bubonic plague, 96–98 Scavino, Dan, 140 Ebola virus, 103 school closures, 147–148, 219 pandemic of 1918, 99–101 scientific community recent, 99–104 academic input to, 145–148 smallpox, 98–99 Age of Enlightenment, 130–132 Spanish flu, 99–101 failure to speak truth to power, 141–145 Pence, Mike global observations, 133–137 inner circle of Trump, 82–83, 171–176 politics of, 150 masks, 156 slow response to pandemic, 135–136 Trump lewdness and, 28 Trump and, 137–141, 144 White House Coronavirus Task Force, Scientific Revolution, 130 112, 173 senator Trump enablers Perdue, Sonny, 271 Lindsey Graham, 213–217 Perlmutter, Isaac, 46 Mitch McConnell, 209–213 Perry, Rick, 56 senior advisors, Trump, 72, 189–208 pestilence. See bubonic plague Sessions, Jeff, 63 Plague, The,95–96 shifting responsibility management of politics COVID-19, 197–198 COVID-19, 147–153 Silver, Adam, 114 global pandemic, 163–167 smallpox, 98–99 race and, 158–163 Snyder, Timothy, 266 politics and polarization soft dictatorship, 270–271 and base loyalty, 20–21 Spanish flu, 99–101, 133 Fox News and, 227, 229–230 state authority handoff, 197–198 and Republican fealty, 51 state response to COVID-19 Pompeo, Mike, 165–167, 176–179 bids against each other for Pottinger, Matthew, 203–204 equipment, 120 hospital overwhelm, 116–117 race and COVID-19, 158–163 increase in caseload, 127–128 Rage, 202, 247, 309 opening up guidelines, 124–125

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tension with federal, 115–116, 197–198 shifting responsibility management William Barr and, 184–185 of COVID-19, 197–198 staunch conservative Trump supporter, 22 staff turnover, 61–64 tumultuous nature, 30–31 Taylor, Mary Elizabeth, 70 unqualified to be, 126 Tea Party, 38 worst in history, 274 Tillerson, Rex, 56, 59–60 racism of, 160–161 Troye, Olivia, 275–276 relationship to truth and, 52, 55, Trump, Donald 120–121, 268 anti-science bias of, 103–104, 131–132, temper of, 57–58 137–141 unconventional anti-establishment authoritarianism of, 24–25, 266–267 nature of, 27–28 bad leadership of, 8–9, 263–264 Trump, Donald, Jr., 56, 79–80, 157 Bill Clinton and, 29 Trump, Eric, 56, 79–80 children of, 79–80 Trump, Ivanka, 56, 83–86 China and, 163–164 Trump, Melania, 87–89 confidence of, 25–26 Twilight of Democracy, 266 COVID-19 treatment, 259–260 Twitter, 42 impeachment of, 50–51 lewd comments by, 28 unemployment statistics, 124–125 marriages of, 88 mask-wearing, 155, 157 Vindman, Alexander, 69 outsider image of, 26–27 pandering to base fears, 23–24 whistleblower complaint, 143–144 presidency of White House Coronavirus Task Force accomplishments of, 26 acquiescence of, 127 administration, 54–70 briefings, 122–123 bad leadership, 34–35 enablers of Trump, 234–238 base support during, 31–33 Mark Meadows and, 198 enemy punishment, 52 Mike Pence and, 112, 173 loyalty tests, 52 real purpose of, 138–139 military defiance against, 161–162 Woodward, Bob, 202, 247 policies, 52 World Health Organization, 110, 134 polling of, 51 World War I and Spanish flu, 99–100 rallies, 30 World War II relationship to truth and, 33–34 history of followership in, 6–7 senior advisors, 72, 189–208 leadership system in Germany, 7–8